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 Post subject: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:46 pm  (#1) 
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I'll have to make this sections cause I can only add 3 attachment at a time...

Hellllllo everyone! It's been a long long long long long long did I mention longggggg time(?) since I've made a tutorial! Please bare with me and my horrible instruction skills as I attempt to tell you how to make something like this! xD

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Okay.... Lets begin! xD

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Make an image (whatever size you want) with a black background> Go to Filters/Noise/HSV Noise and set it to how ever you like, the noise will be representing far away stars.
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Get the sparkle brush and turn on jitter to make the sparkle go random and add some sparkles, then go to colorize, you can either make them white by turning saturation down or make them a vague color; I chose option 2.
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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:51 pm  (#2) 
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Step 2 (pt 2):
Now make a new layer and select the sparkle brush again, this time make the sparkles much bigger this is to add perspective, now place at random some bigger “stars” and do the same process with colorize.
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Next make a new layer and get a gradient of your color choosing and make a smooth layer (No repeating settings on) of the gradient, then set layer mode screen, now turn the transparency down I have it to 12.2 but how ever you'd prefer is what matters.

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Now make a new layer and make big random color splotches (I used purple, blue and pink) with a soft fuzzy brush then set to overlay and blend them with smudging until it looks good to you.
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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:59 pm  (#3) 
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very useful !

thank you Moko


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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:02 pm  (#4) 
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Step 4:

Make a new layer and go to Filters/ Light and Shadow/ Gradient Flare, and select the default flare and change the color and settings how you like, then repeat the process over the flare what another flare only use “distant star” flare, now set you're lovely double flare over a big star or in a very bright spot:
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Make a new layer from visible and duplicate it, now go to lens flare and place it over the gradient flare, now get a really big fuzzy brush and erase the part that is over the flare but not the glare of the lens flare. Depending on how much you like the glare you can keep it full or turn transparency down, it's up to you!
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Make a new layer from visible again and a new transparent layer and set to overlay, now get a/the black to white gradient and make the black go the opposite direction that the flare starts from so it looks like a light source (darker to light with light being near/on the flare.)

And you're done!

(@ Esper: Haha I wasn't done! but I'm glad you liked what you saw! Thank you! :D

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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:43 pm  (#5) 
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mokonafan: it looks so beautiful, and doesn't seem too hard - i will definitely try this!

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:35 am  (#6) 
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mokonafan - nice results.

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Mokonafan wrote:
Step 4:

Make a new layer and go to Filters/ Light and Shadow/ Gradient Flare, and select the default flare and change the color and settings how you like, then repeat the process over the flare what another flare only use “distant star” flare, now set you're lovely double flare over a big star or in a very bright spot:
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Step 5:
Make a new layer from visible and duplicate it, now go to lens flare and place it over the gradient flare, now get a really big fuzzy brush and erase the part that is over the flare but not the glare of the lens flare. Depending on how much you like the glare you can keep it full or turn transparency down, it's up to you!
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Last step:

Make a new layer from visible again and a new transparent layer and set to overlay, now get a/the black to white gradient and make the black go the opposite direction that the flare starts from so it looks like a light source (darker to light with light being near/on the flare.)

And you're done!

(@ Esper: Haha I wasn't done! but I'm glad you liked what you saw! Thank you! :D


That is very beautiful Moko, I made this into a pdf if anyone is interested.


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i made it, mokonafan :)! i made a miniature space scene from your tutorial and used it for my new signature. easy to work after your instructions and i had fun doing it, so thanks for sharing.

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Really nice tut Moko. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:08 pm  (#10) 
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Quote:
I'll have to make this sections cause I can only add 3 attachment at a time...


Apparently...
But no, you may add how much photo you like :yes :
look again, more or less under the "font color" widget, there is a yellow balloon, the next at the right of the yellow balloon is the right widget to submit images without limits for the quantity :coolthup :jumpclap

I had your same problem for long , it was really a disturbance when posting tuts, then GnuTux pointed me to the right widget to use
to submit images
The other , that you used is more adapt to attach zip, pdf ,etc

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That has to be one of your best tutorials! Great job.


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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
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Oh yes , i forgot my compliment for the tut
i hope my tip may help , should look even better if no split in segments

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Thank you all for the nice comments!

@ AnMal: That looks very pretty! Thank you for trying it out! ^.^
@PhotoComix: Omd, Thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! :mrgreen:
@ Molly: Haha, why didn't I think of making a pdf! xD..Thank you for making it. :D

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That looks beautiful Mokonafan.


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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
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Thank you! :hi5

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Thought I'd play with it a bit. I used plasma overlay layers to colour the stars.

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OoOoOoOoOoOoOo!! Nice!
I'm curious on how you made that planet?
Thank you for trying it out!

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Thank you Mokonafan. The basic planet was originally a grey square mapped to a sphere then colourized. The land was colourized plasma, width halved, layer to image size then map to sphere. The clouds are desaturated plasma, adjust levels, colour the black to alpha, then map to sphere. Play with layer modes and try duplicating layers if you need more solidity.


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 Post subject: Re: Pretty (and pretty easy) basic outer space background..
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Ahh, okey! Thank you. xD

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