Chrome Ball

Step 1 Create a new layer and draw a circle with the elliptical marquee tool. Fill the circle with a light grey.

Step 2 Bevel and Emboss with the following settings:

Step 3 Select the circle layer. Merge all layers together with ctrl-shift-e. Press ctrl-a then ctrl-c then ctrl-alt-z 2 times to get back to where you were. Press ctrl-v. This should create a new layer on top of your old ones that looks exactly like the other layers combined.

Step 4 On the new layer, go to filter>artistic>plastic wrap and use strength: 14, detail: 7, smoothness:9

Step 5 Now go to filter>sketch>chrome and use detail: 4, smoothness: 7.

Step 6 ctrl-click the original circle layer to select it, then go to select>inverse. Click on the layer that was plastic wrapped and chromed then hit delete to remove excess.

Step 7 Change the blending mode to overlay.

Step 8 Link the two layers and then merge them by pressing ctrl-e.

Step 9 Duplicate the layer and set the top layer blending mode to color dodge.

Step 10 ctrl-click the bottom circle layer, create a new layer on top of all the other layers, and fill the selection with black.

Step 11 On the new layer, set the fill opacity to 0% and add an inner shadow: distance: 0, choke: 42, size: 21.

Step 12 On the bottom circle layer, you can add a pillow emboss for added detail. You can also play with the blur tool to get rid of some jaggedies if they exist on yours.