techimoto

Learn how to create a fantastic looking crystal apple.

1) Create a new
500×500, fill the background with black, use lighting effect to make it
like this picture is shown below.

2) Use pen tool to draw a apple shape, then convert it into a selection.
(keep selection go to channel panel and create a new channel, fill the
new channel alpha1 with white)

3) Come back out to layer panel, keep the selection, on the background
layer, press CTRL+U , set the saturation and lightness of the area inside
the selection a bit higher.

CTRL+D cancel selection, you should see something like this

4) Use Lasso Tool to draw a selection similar to this, then apply feather
to the selection.

5) ctrl+alt+shift + click on alpha1 (the channel that we saved earlier),
now we have the intersection of the selection we just made and the apple
selection.

6)create a new layer, Fill the selection with white color.

7) Repeat step 4 to 6 to create the rest of it.

create new channel Alpha2 in channel panel, create an ellipse selection
with elliptical marquee tool, then draw something (whatever you like)
inside the selection, apply Fliter->Distort->Zigzag.

9) CTRL+click on alpha2 to load the selection, come back out to layer
panel, create a new layer and fill selection with white color.

10) Create the shape shown below with pen tool

11) convert path into selection, right click on the selection, select
stroke, color: white, size: 1.

then paint some high lights similar to the picture inside the selection
with paintbrush

12) create the shape shown below with pen tool

13) convert path into selection, fill with gradient color, foreground:white,
background: transparent

14) apply filter–> render –> lens flare, and there you go