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I acquired stock photos for concept. she's pretty.

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Stretched and blurred pxleyes' bg-container.jpg to make background
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Added gradients to background
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The beginning of the glass ball! Make a circle with the shape tool and change the fill opacity to zero, then add an inner glow. punch and pie!
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Make the base of the glass ball - notice not shine yet.
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Make the top of the glass ball! Derky Der!
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Add the middle platform and add the shine baby!
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Cut the PxL peeps out of the pxleyes.com logo and stick em' in the ball!
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Now make em' look like they're really in there by adding reflections and shadows.
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Start the title background by make a square with the shape tool, rotate a little, then adding a blue color overlay and a white stroke!
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Add the text. FINAL STEP IS ADD THE EXTRA LINES, SHAPES AND STOCK PHOTOS AS SHOWN IN THE FINAL RESULT.