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PSD Tutorial: Making A Realistic Moon, Sun Or Planet Earth
In this Adobe Photoshop CS5 tutorial I'll show you how to create a basic moon from scratch, and then how to add colours to the shape and make it appear how the earth does. You can use the knowledge from this to go and create the sun (well, it's actually a star, but yeah) or any other planet you desire. Adding the shadows is the most important factor in this tutorial. If you would like the outcome to be more realistic, be very careful and brush with excessive detail. This effect can be amazingly awesome when you combine it with orb-like lighting and space & stars themed backgrounds.
If you don't have Photoshop, or you want to upgrade to the new CS5.5 Version, take a look at the Adobe Special Offers from the Adobe Store. If you're new to Photoshop, we have some beginner articles and basic tips coming very soon for some of the lesser established designers, which teaches you how to use the basic features of Photoshop, such as Blending Modes, Layer Styles, Text Tools, Cropping/Slicing, Image Adjustments, Brushing, Filters and Photoshop Actions.
If you don't have Photoshop, or you want to upgrade to the new CS5.5 Version, take a look at the Adobe Special Offers from the Adobe Store. If you're new to Photoshop, we have some beginner articles and basic tips coming very soon for some of the lesser established designers, which teaches you how to use the basic features of Photoshop, such as Blending Modes, Layer Styles, Text Tools, Cropping/Slicing, Image Adjustments, Brushing, Filters and Photoshop Actions.
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Photoshop Tutorial Step 1: Forming The Basic Shape, Water & Clouds
1.1. Document size can be whatever you choose, but make the background black.
1.2. Set the colour palette to white and dark grey (#333333).
1.3. Select the Elliptical Marquee (Toggle Shift + M).
1.4. Hold Shift while you create your circle to make it perfect and as large as you want.
1.5. Add the Filter » Render » Clouds to start the cloud effect.
1.6. Add the Filter » Artistic » Plastic Wrap effect with the Highlight Strength at 3, Detail at 15, and Smoothness at 2.
1.2. Set the colour palette to white and dark grey (#333333).
1.3. Select the Elliptical Marquee (Toggle Shift + M).
1.4. Hold Shift while you create your circle to make it perfect and as large as you want.
1.5. Add the Filter » Render » Clouds to start the cloud effect.
1.6. Add the Filter » Artistic » Plastic Wrap effect with the Highlight Strength at 3, Detail at 15, and Smoothness at 2.
Photoshop Tutorial Step 2: Adding Shadow Effects And Colours
2.1. Add Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow four times - Merge Down (CTRL + E) into a New Blank Layer after each time.
2.2. 1st Inner Shadow should have Full 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and 25px Size.
2.3. 2nd should have 30% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and 120px Size. Same with third, but make the Size 30px.
2.4. 4th is completely variable - experiment with it. Mine had 90% Opacity, 60px Distance, 0% Choke, and 75px Size.
2.5. Ctrl + Left-Click on the layer's thumbnail, Create A New Layer, and then select your colours in the colour palette.
2.6. By using a soft-ish brush, brush over the colour layer accordingly.
2.7. Set the Overlay of this layer to Soft Light, and then duplicate it (Ctrl + J). Make the Opacity 30%.
2.8. Add a Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur with something like 15px to finalise it.
2.9. Make a Clipping Mask for this duplication and nthen we can add the final effect.
2.2. 1st Inner Shadow should have Full 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and 25px Size.
2.3. 2nd should have 30% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and 120px Size. Same with third, but make the Size 30px.
2.4. 4th is completely variable - experiment with it. Mine had 90% Opacity, 60px Distance, 0% Choke, and 75px Size.
2.5. Ctrl + Left-Click on the layer's thumbnail, Create A New Layer, and then select your colours in the colour palette.
2.6. By using a soft-ish brush, brush over the colour layer accordingly.
2.7. Set the Overlay of this layer to Soft Light, and then duplicate it (Ctrl + J). Make the Opacity 30%.
2.8. Add a Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur with something like 15px to finalise it.
2.9. Make a Clipping Mask for this duplication and nthen we can add the final effect.
Photoshop Tutorial Step 3: Finalising The Realistic Planet Earth Effect
3.1. Paste (Ctrl + V) in the Stars & Space Background Effect, and then Edit » Transform » Scale down to document size.
3.2. With Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation, make the Saturation -100. Alter the Blending Mode to Soft Light.
3.3. With Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation and Brightness/Contrast, alter the original coloured layer to suit you.
3.2. With Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation, make the Saturation -100. Alter the Blending Mode to Soft Light.
3.3. With Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation and Brightness/Contrast, alter the original coloured layer to suit you.
Photoshop Tutorial By: Daniel Schwarz
21 Years OldLondon, United Kingdom
Director & CEO @ Airwalk Design
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