Create Vista alike Wallpaper in Photoshop
Wondering now to create a nice and simple Vista alike wallpaper in Photoshop? Here are the steps:
Open a new document in Photoshop with any size you prefer. For this tutorial im using 630 x 430 pixels.
1) Choose any random photo as for your background.
2) Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Here you can adjust the blurness for your background, for this tutorial i set 65 pixels.
It will become like this
3) Go to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance or press CTRL + B
Adjust the color tone under the “Color Balance” section until you satisfy with the color then click OK. Don’t bother the “Tone Balance” section.
4) Click on “Elliptical Marquee Tool” and draw a big circle.
5) Change to “Brush Tool” and choose the “soft round 200 pixels” with “Hardness” set to zero.
Remember to set the brush color (foreground color) to white.
6) Slowly color the border of the circle half, just like below:
7) Once done you may need to duplicate few layers of the circle you just color, then just resize
the circles and decorate it.
Also, you could always play around to adjust the layers “Opacity” to see the effect.
You could put some glossy elements to make it prettier.
That’s all, have fun create your own awesome Vista alike wallpaper 
Here is the .Psd file you can download it for reference.
Take care.
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