create mental sphere
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Create Mental Sphere
Select background layer (Mountain). Make round selection with Elliptical Marquee Tool on it.
Press Ctrl+J to duplicate selected area to new layer. Select content layer by pressing Ctrl and clicking on thumbnail layer on layers. Load sphere selection by going to Select > Load Selection. Then apply Filter > Distort > Spherize:
With selection still active, create new layer above all layers and fill it with black color.
Apply Filter > Render > Clouds to this layer.
Apply Filter > Distort > Spherize.
Change layer mode to Screen and lower opacity to 57%.
With selection still active, create new layer above all layers and fill it with black color.
Deselect area with Ctrl+D an update layer opacity to 0%. After that go to Layer > Layer Style > Inner Glow and apply style with following settings:
Final Image