Create The
Earth:
This Tutorial
will show you how to draw a realistic planet
like the earth But by the techniques and tricks
applied in this tutorial you will be able to
create numerous shapes of different planets .
STEP 1
: Create A new
project and fill the background with black and
create a new layer .then in the new layer draw a
circle using elliptical marquee tool .Change the
foreground layer to green and the background layer
to blue (These color will determine the appearance
of your planet ,and by the previous colors we
will
get a planet that looks like the earth).Select filter >>
render >>clouds and you can press ctrl+f to repeat
the filter until you become satisfied with the
result.Then choose filter
>> sharpen >>sharpen .
STEP 2:
Choose filter
>> Render >> lightening effect and adjust the
settings as you see in the image:Then choose
image >> adjustment >> brightness/contrast:
STEP 3: Create A new layer
and choose
Edit
>> stroke and then apply the following settings
Then press Ctrl +D
to delete the selection then choose filter >> blur
>> Gaussian blur and adjust the radius to 6 or 7 :You should get this
result You See that we
should apply the a lightening effect to the stroke
layer similar to what in planet layer So
Choose Render >> lightening effect and apply the
previous setting .After that you will
get a faded stroke at the faded area of the planet
STEP
4:
Select The
background layer and fill it with black (if you
didn't) and then choose filters >> noise >> add
noise and adjust settings as you see :Then Choose
image >> adjustment >> levels and adjust the
settings as you will see in the following image:To give your planet
some atmospheric effects choose filters >> artistic
>> water color and apply the following settings:The final result is
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