This tutorial will teach you some basic and advanced techniques that will help you create an attractive Windows Vista wallpaper.

Open a new file with 1024x768 px and 72 dpi. Then paint it with the shown color’s code 171D37.



Select the next instrument to draw an ellipse (the shadow).



Fill

0% on the layers.
Blending Options-Outer Glow



Make a copy of the new drawn ellipse and place them the way it is demonstrated below:



Selecting the previous instrument, create now the basis for a voluminous sphere.