This tutorial was derived from Toby's Paint Shop Pro 9 Easy Glass Orb tutorial. It was made using Macromedia Fireworks 8, and shows the steps needed to create a glass orb.

Create a new document 235 x 235 with a resolution of 72. Once loaded, select the ellipse tool under "vector" Press shift on the top left corner, and drag it to bottom right corner to create a circle that is the full size of the canvas.