Send e-mail Download Zipped Tutorial ©2011 Gary W. Priester - All rights reserved ©2011 Gary W. Priester - All rights reserved ©2011 Gary W. Priester - All rights reserved Select the square and Arrange > Create Bitmap Copy. Select True Color and set the Bitmap Resolution to 300dpi. Press Create. Select the Live Effects Tool (Ctrl F5). Press New > and from the Deformation Filter list select Dent/Bump. Set the slider to -75. Press the red X to close the dialog and then repeat this step and add one more Bump, -75. Right click on the image and select Create Bitmap Copy... Use the same settings: True Color and 300dpi. Press Create. We will use this new bitmap for the next steps. Delete the Live Effect bitmap. Copy the new bitmap to the clipboard (Ctrl c). Select the bitmap and then select the Photo Tool (p). Set the Blur/Sharpen setting to -100  (very blurred). Paste the bitmap from the clipboard on top (Edit > Paste in Place). Select the pasted bitmap with the Transparency Tool and select Circular from the Transparency Shape drop down list. Click on the inside control point and change the Transparency slider setting to 0%. Click on the outside point and change it to 100%. Click the Profile arrow icon on the Infobar and select Profile 2. This creates a sphere with sharp focus in the center and softer focus around the edges. Create another Bitmap Copy, True Color, 300dpi. Select the top right circular shape. Open the Bitmap Gallery, select the last bitmap you created and press Fill. Select the shape with the Fill Tool and rotate the outside control handles until the angle of the tick marks is parallel to the bottom half of the sphere. You will also need to adjust the location and width of the fill. Take your time and get it right. TIP: You can enlarge or reduce the size of the bitmap fill by dragging the control points at the ends of the arrows. But this is not easy to do. I like to select one of the control points then use the arrow keys to make the fill size larger or smaller. You can also rotate the fill using the arrow keys. Which keys to use varies with the fill so experiment. ©2011 Gary W. Priester - All rights reserved