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Planet Tutorial
Published: 2003-09-21 22:46:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 665329; Favourites: 8977; Downloads: 64882
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Ok, so over the ages, i noticed that if there is one thing that space artists (especially newcomers) struggle with, then it has to be planet textures. Lots of them just cant get their planets to look good, cant find good textures, or simply dont have 3d studio maxSo i decided to throw everyone a bone, and i made a tutorial on how to make a somewhat realistic-looking planet using only photoshop. Be adviced that you need to have some basic photoshop knowledge to follow this, and if not, i suggest you spend 50 dollars on the adobe photoshop book, or read the help files that photoshop came with)
I made a JPEG tutorial because:
1) I'ts annoying when you have to change from photoshop to your browser, and vice-versa. With Jpegs you have everything neat in photoshop
2) I didnt feel like writing HTML
If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to drop me a line.
In addition, here's a tutorial on making rings. I see many rings and tutorials produced with the spiral tool and that's just terrible! Thanks for the effort... but that's just wrong.
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This sucked enormously. Half of it was impossible to do. As in, Photoshop can't do it.
Thanks.
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What version of photoshop are you using? It's not Elements, is it?
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okey, i HAVE to tell this.. I put shuffle on my playlist and found a good song. So i played it. Then i turn it to repeat. Then i followed this tutorial. And i cried when i was finnished. Seriously, i have never done a photoshop picture good as i did. You are great! Keep doin this!
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You wouldnt believe how much music helps
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thanks for the tutorial
plz take a look [link]
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Wonderful tutorial, now I really want to make a planet XD
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best tutorial i've seen out there
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im currently trying to complete [b]dinyctis's[/b] tutorial on how to create a planet, however im a bit confused in the step he says:
[quote]if you followed the instructions properly,then you should have something like what you see below to the left.
Make a new layer, link it with "atmosphere"and then merge it with the atmosphere(go to layer menu-merge linked). Once this is complete, set the result to SCREEN and name it ATMOSPHERE. Now move the "shadow" layer over the atmosphere layer, so that you have the blue circle, the atomsphere and the shadow. Apply a Gaussian Blur of 100 to the shadow layer[/quote] my question is what kind of layer do i create, is it a blank layer, do i make a new circle and fill with black but with a pixel fade so that i have the image that he displays on the right.
Thanks in advance for any help i may recieve.
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Wow Thx :* Beautiful
thanks for sharing this
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before editing the color settings u said "duplicade the layer twice, and make it black" what u mean by making it black. u mean making THE PLANET BLACK ??? or the full layer. thanks
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Totally super amazing! I tried it out and had some trouble at first...but yeah! Go check out my planet on my page (its the latest one =3)
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Wow, I've always had a love of space so this is really helpful. 
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Thanks a bunch for the tut bud, this is definitely going to help ^^
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Wewt! Now, I can make my very own planet. Thanks a bunch. 
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nice tutorial and i like your avatar
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I am just like this, right now: 
You're just amazing. I luv this tutorial x)
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That's awsome, thanks!
I just made my first attempt at a planet with no tutorial. Then I did a search and found your stuff. All very well done.
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10x mate...it's ...wow....speechless...keep up the good work!
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I'm stuck at the shadow
this is what i get when i ctrl c - ctrl v to clip the shadow
[link]
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Hmmm...
Are these exactly the same as your base layer? It looks like from the thumbnails on the layers pallette. Did you start with a perfect solid circle? Did your circular marquee tool have a feather to it?
If that doesn't work, then just make a circle of any size and then just eyeball it into position. It's gonna end up being blurred and cut in the end, so don't be too critical. I just gave these instructions so that it's more straight-forward.
Let me know if it worked..and if it didnt, too
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yes i duplicated my base layer at the start and made the ATM and Shadow black as you told in the tut.
yes perfect circle, no feather on my marque though :s
Does the base need to be drawn with a feather.. ?
Yes, making a new Shadow layer + circle, gaussian blur it then position it.
but i think i've found another tutorial which explains the shadow clipping for cs2 and beyond.
Other than that if i can do that i can inverse select and delete the shadow outside the planet...
thanks for the gorgeous tutorial, your quick help and moral support 
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No feathers! I might get around to updating this tutorial, i wrote it when PS7 was the latest version
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hehe yes i read that in the comments ^^
that would be groovy
thanks again !
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hi, awesome tutorial
i haven't quite been able to complete it because I work with cs3 and some shortcuts didnt work for me (i happened to read all the comments hear to straighten that up
I just have a question regarding the texture (the stone texture)
Did you start out with a stone texture that was 4000x4000?
Or did you start with one that was eg. 2300x1500 (just an example) then blow it up so that it would be 1 1 and then blow it up some more to match the 4kx4k canvas size ?
I've found some texture site's but their high res textures are not bigger than 2500px, so i guess i'll have to shoot them myself
cheers again!
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You can use any texture that you'd like, but for the sake of size and quality, you should blow it up to about twice the size of the final planet that you're gonna make. My planet here was 2000x2000, so the texture was 4000x4000.
You can use the clone tool or some clever blending work to make it as large as you'd like
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OMFG I'll fav it o.O Thank ya very much O.o
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This is Extremely useful, thank you so much!
"If your a minor, then grab a cold orange juice" - HA HA HA HA, hilarious!
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i've done everything i can to follow your instructions... but for some reason the layer effects aren't changing my picture... at all... O_o
any tips?
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I'll be able to help you out if you're a bit more specific!
Are you sure that you're applying the effects to the right layer?
Nothing has to be selected (no dotted line around it).
Are the layers in the correct order (base first, etc)
Try to give me as much info as you can, and pictures wouldnt hurt, either.
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Thanks for making it
It's really easy to understand.
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When you say "make the duplicates Black" you mean the duplicate circles have to be the color black right? I really want to clear that up.
And also, the resizing the texture to fit the orbs in the Part 1: Land Texture, I'm having too much trouble on. I made the Texture document 4000x4000 and the Planet document 2000x2000. I cant seem to resize the actual planet image (When I transfer it over) to fit where its supposed to go. Can it be more clear when it says "resize the image"? All I'm seemingly doing is resizing the actual canvas and not the layer (of the texture document).
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All circles must be black. The base layer can be whatever color you want, as long as it's dark. It may provide an undertone for a color planet that you want, like blue, green, or brown.
You have to resize the layer, not the canvas. Make sure the texture document is only one layer before you transfer it! Once you bring it into the planet document (by either copying and pasting it, or just dragging it over with the move tool), go to edit-transform-free transform. It should work!
Let me know if you have any more problems
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Well this version didnt have the black circles (except the Shadow layer) and I resized the entire Texture document by accident and transfered it over. I resized it with the Free transform tool (handy by the way)
This what I came out with.
[link]
Now I know more than I did thanks to you, I'm sure I would'nt make the same mistakes twice!
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That's good! Just remember to keep playing and experimenting on your own with new settings and things like that
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Thanks! Here's my second attempt using the proper techniques. [link]
I focused on the nebulas more, but the planets actually came out better than the first attempt. So thanks for your help!
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When I have to apply the settings, which layer do I apply them on?
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When I have to apply the settings, which layer do I apply them on?
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To the atmosphere layer. It says it right there: Select the atmosphere layer, set it to SCREEN, and apply the following effects
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brilliant fellow, just brillient...
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Marry me?
I've been looking for one of these for ages.
No srsly - Marry me? =]
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awesome tute! try to learn it a.s.a.p thx
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