This will cover how
to create a 3D ball in Photoshop CS.
Step 1
Open a canvas. Press D. (to set default
foreground and background colors) Press Alt+Backspace
to fill the canvas with black color. Create a new
layer by clicking on the
'Create a new layer' icon at the bottom of the layers panel.
Step 2
Choose the Elliptical marquee tool  from
the toolbar, with the shift key down draw a circle on the
canvas.
Step 3
Click on the black foreground color  on
the toolbar and select a color. Now press Alt+Backspace,
the circle is filled with the color.
Step 4
Create one more layer.
Step 5
Use the airbrush to give some shading. Click on the brush
tool  on
the toolbar. Just below the main menu you can see the brush
settings. Give the settings as in the image below.
Press D to change the foreground color to black. Paint with
the brush gently around the ball, keep the position of the
brush as seen in the image above.
Step 6
Create a new layer. Set the foreground color to white. With
the brush paint the edge as seen in the image below and also
give some shading on the top of the ball.
Step 7
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