Quote - The 3 on the bottom row are mine, whipped up in Photoshop 7CS,
(NOTE: PS7CS is a combination of code and effects from PS7 and PSCS)
The middle row and the top sphere are native Vue Mats with only a slight bit of tweaking to achieve the effects here. There is Transparency and reflectivity of all mats. I did not however dive into the Function Editor for more and Better effects. With a little work and this whole thing only took an hour, you can achieve many desired results, but it does help to have a Photo Manipulation piece of software such as Photoshop or Paintshop Pro. Only a standard Atmo was used to light this, So there is no Special Lighting and you could do much better on that with a little time finding the right Lighting Effects. 

??

Don't let failures get to your heart, and also do not let success get to your head.