In this tutorial we are going to learn how to make a star bust effect and different textured shapes with filter effects. We will make cylindrical shapes and a cracked apple. I will show how to create a digital tunnel effect and how to create cool 3d looking cylindrical shapes.
In this tutorial you will learn how to make realistic 3D looking text and shapes. Photoshop is not 3D software, however we can use old school combined with some modern techniques to fake it the best we can.
This tutorial illustrates a simple techique to create a sphere in Photoshop. You could have done this by using a radial gradient. Both ways give an illusion of a 3D sphere, but their effect is a little different.