Make the first stars by using grain, then with brightness contrest adjust until you get something like this.
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Repeat step one a few times,
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Then you should add some light flares for extra shining details. Also I used a color filter which I blended and I copied pasted and ereased some star parts until I was sattisfied.
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Adding more details by using the clone tool.
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Using some gradient fills, then put those to blend modes. (color/ hue blend)
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The start of the planet, a white circle which will function as an atmosphere.
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Improving the atmosphere, used the smudge tool for the streaks.
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Again improving the atmosphere. I also added some new attractive looking long streakes using the smudge tool again (using a high strength).
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First step of making the planet, just a plain circle (with a dark color).
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Using some effects to create the inner atmosphere. These effects are inner glow and inner shadow. (you could also decide to paint the glow and the shadows, I prefer to paint the shadows using a soft brush).
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Decides I wanted to change the colors a bit. (Using Hue/ Saturation)
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Creating another circle with really soft edges. Then I made the circle black to make it look like the shadow(side) of the planet.
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Using my first color as a background color, I started painting a texture.
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Start adding details with hard brushes. (You could also use the pattern overlay, if used in a proper way of course).
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Completing the planet by painting some clouds, also used some filters to make the planet more realistic.
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Adding the planet to my composition. I also changed the colors and the shadows a bit and moved it the way it looked best, I wanted the streaks to be the source of light in this image.
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Adjusting the colors and the lightning some more using color balance layers and some flares and a soft white brush.
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Adding some more lightning effects, using the same techniques as described before.
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Adding particles for a nice explosive effect. This can be done by using a medium white brush and a hard white brush, be sure to lower the opacity.
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Creating the long white streak by smudging a big white stripe until you get a similar result. The strength of the smudge tool must be pretty low here.
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Here I duplicated the planet and resized it. Also I adjusted the colors and shadows and also it's atmosphere to let the planet match the composition. This can be done in many ways but I used the brush tool (black for the shadows and white for the lights) and the burn and dodge tool.
Final result
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SBS needs explanations of how you did what you did, not just pics. People are supposed to be able to learn something from a good SBS, kind of like a mini-tutorial.
(5 years and 2821 days ago)Listen CMYK46, im one of the few people who even makes a SBS and since it is pretty clear I think a 1 is pretty unreasonable.
(5 years and 2819 days ago)SBS is mandatory for an entry that uses no outside sources, otherwise it's optional, but I usually make one anyway, WITH explanations. I didn't say your image was bad, but I doubt if most members could figure out what you did just from the pics, with no explanation.
(5 years and 2819 days ago)Alright then, didn't know that the guide is manditoy if there was no use of outside sources, therefore I made some explanations. Anyway thanks for helping me out and I hope it's better now, also please tell me if you think the explanations aren't good enough.
(5 years and 2819 days ago)Not bad
(5 years and 2819 days ago)To finish this discussion, author, you could transform this sbs in a tutorial. It would be great to learn how to make an outer space! It's really amazing!
(5 years and 2819 days ago)Author, your explanations are fine. Good luck with your entry!
(5 years and 2819 days ago)@erikuri
(5 years and 2819 days ago)For a tutorial, you can use the link I have listed below. Not sure why the tutorial wasn't credited as a reference for this image since the concept and composition are almost 100% identical:
http://www.fxencore.de/tutorial_detail/photoshop-tutorials/bildmanipulation/space-environment/
@smichaelson: I indeed got my inspiration from that image. Still I did not follow the steps of that tutorial (since I never saw that tutorial before) so I'm pretty sure my tutorial will be very different, also by skimming trough the tutorial I noticed there was no tutorial steps for making the planet and the stars are also really different. To the rest of you, thanks for being so nice.
(5 years and 2817 days ago)