I believe this is my first experience using the 3D tools in Photoshop. I think my final image came out decent but it definitely doesn't look as 3D as the image in the tutorial. I started out with a blank canvas and then opened a flat map of the earth. Then I went to 3D- new shape from layer- sphere. It was really cool to be able to rotate the earth. Using the 3D palette, I made adjustments according to the tutorial. I also added another earth image that shows the 'bumps' in the earth's surgace. The tutorial used CS4 and I have CS5 so my palette looked different but I tried to follow along as best as I could. I had to adjust the Infinite Light, and in the tutorial, there were three light settings but I only had two, so my earth came out different. Next I added the cloud image and made the adjustments according to the tutorial. Again, mine came out different because my settings were different. I merged all these layers together and created a drop shadow on the earth layer. I used the elliptical marquee tool to create the shadow with black, and then used gaussian blur and motion blur. I duplicated this layer and downsized it so it would be darker right under the earth. I duplicate the earth layer, flipped it vertically and positioned it below the earth layer. Next, I used a gradient to make the reflection of the earth fade. Then on the background layer, I added a blue to white gradient. I didn't like how my earth looked so I adjusted the hue and saturation to make it brighter and more blue. I think it still looks 3D, it's just not as shiny as the tutorial image.
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