How would I make the big golf ball on the bottom right look more pronounce/3d?

[yellowbird]

How would I make the big golf ball on the lower right look more pronounced/3d? I used the circular mould tool on the text. The shadow around it just gives it a little separation from the background, but isn't the look I'd like to have. Might be an idea to have it look like the golf ball busts through the page? Also, how do you manipulate the circular mould tool once applied? .xar attached also. Thanks!! Nancy

[gwpriester]

Place your text small over a white square.

Create a Bitmap Copy True Color > 300dpi

Apply an FX > Deformation > Dent - Bump filter, -100

Repeat this two more times

Scale the bitmap to the size of the golfball

Apply a Multiply transparency

You may want to make the text smaller than I have it.

[Marco D]

Just some little modification, making the golf ball a little bigger and putting some shadows on it and the grass to ancor the ball to the ground.

[Acorn]

Same as Marco with a shadow.

I rebuilt the design with a Mould and dappling of the text to enhance the depth on a fresh ball.



Golf ball.xar

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

I think trying to get a golf ball to 'pop-out' of a background of other golf balls is fairly difficult. I'd remove the those other balls first.

Then get your golf ball to be outside-the-envelope of the golf group photo.

I've added a gausien blur to that section of the part of the photo the ball covers to again give it a bit of depth of field.
(I've left it as I created the blur in the attached .xar but you could make it a single image once you've got the effect)

Finally adding an animation further draws the eye to the [Acorns] ball.

DEMO

[yellowbird]

Thanks everyone! Here are my attempts. 1st one I tried to come close to Marco's example. 2nd I tried Gary's instruction for text.

[gwpriester]

First one is better because it is more readable. But well done.

[bwood]

Probably not a popular approach, but I play a lot of golf and coloured balls are very popular. All the above are great ideas from folks with far more talent than me. I might make the ball yellow.

[handrawn]

[just kiddin']

[bwood]

[just kiddin']

Off topic, but the coloured balls most sold at the local club is …..fluorescent green. Go figure!