Start with a new RGB image. Fill it with dark blue. Click on the marquee tool and whilst holding the shift key draw a circle.
		Click on the gradient tool and choose Black, White from the Gradient options box Click on Edit and change the colours to Dark Red and Light Red.
		Click on the airbrush icon and change the fore-colour to the same as the dark red in the gradient. Just use the colour picker and click on the darkest part of the circle. Change the pressure to 5 (in the options box) and gently move the airbrush diagonally across the circle until a darkish line appears. Try and make the line look a little blurred. If you are unsure about it create a new layer and draw the line then merge the two layers together.
	Click to see a larger image.	Next we add the light effect. Chose Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. Position the light at the top of the circle where the lightest shade of red is. The settings I used were Light Type - omni Intensity - 48 Gloss - 25 Material - 0 Exposure - 0 Ambience - 8 Texture Channel - None Press ALT and click on the white dot in the centre of the light. A light bulb will appear and you can drag a copy of the light. Move it to the darkest part of the circle. The screenshot opposite shows where I have placed the lights.
		Basically that's it... If you are using PhotoShop 5 add a shadow by right clicking on the layer and choose Effects > Drop Shadow The settings I used were : Opacity - 40, Angle - 120, Distance - 62, Blur - 21 and Intensity - 0 Other wise create a new layer and CTRL + Click on Layer 1 Fill in the circle with black and use gaussian blur with a small setting...

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