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DemosthenesVoiceThe Grand Planet Tutorial

Published: 2008-09-10 17:26:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 54352; Favourites: 1487; Downloads: 3502
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Description This is one of my biggest projects as of now. An in-depth guide to the basic creation of a realistic planet in Photoshop. The tutorial is aimed at beginners with decent knowledge of PS, but if there is anything you dont understand or i didnt make clear enough, please feel free to note me or email me (skqwashy@hotmail.com)
A HUGE thanks goes out once again to my good friend ~Crosseout who took my jumble of text and screenshots and turned them into this flawless presentation. I couldnt have done it with out you bud.

I know there are a lot of planet tutorials out there already, but I have read many of them and tried to combine them into the method that works best for me. The techniques are even changing, so hopefully there is something new in here for everyone. And if this is your first attempt at a planet, my biggest advice is to keep at it. Ive made hundreds and hundreds of planets before they came out even close to what i wanted.

If there is anything i missed, or anything that doesnt make sence, just drop me a note. I would love to see what you guys come up with so send me a link too. Other than that, have fun, and enjoy yourself.

P.S. Sorry for all of the typos

EDIT: holy god! a DD, never expected this. This is so cool, thank you all for your support, to ^LawrenceDeDark for featuring it, to Beth (~CsmcVisn ) for suggesting it, and most importantly to ~Crosseout for making this possible and doing all of the flash for me.
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Comments: 290

DemosthenesVoice In reply to ??? [2009-10-02 21:02:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Shadow-sector In reply to ??? [2009-08-25 01:27:01 +0000 UTC]

MAN thank you so much I could eat your brain :U,
this is going to help so much in college
I can smell that A* already X3

I'll be sure to share this with my buddies

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Shadow-sector [2009-08-27 16:25:44 +0000 UTC]

awesome. hope it helps!

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JBlack102 In reply to ??? [2009-08-12 00:18:56 +0000 UTC]

There are some really cool ideas in this one. This will help make some awesome effects. Thanks.

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to JBlack102 [2009-08-20 16:51:09 +0000 UTC]

hope it helps

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Julian-Faylona In reply to ??? [2009-07-22 14:34:44 +0000 UTC]

wow! this is very extensive and most of all helpful! kudos to you all who made this possible!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Julian-Faylona [2009-08-20 16:55:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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SeraphimCorrupt In reply to ??? [2009-07-17 17:52:15 +0000 UTC]

too bad I can't download this to my computer. I do not have much access to the net so I can't keep coming back to this >.<

but anyway, This is a great tutorial! flawless actually.

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to SeraphimCorrupt [2009-08-20 16:55:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you! i appreciate it

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PLaris In reply to ??? [2009-03-24 08:11:56 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial, I'm new to photoshop and space art, and still I've been able to do quite a bit thanks to your instructions. One question, for the concave light effects, how do I get to the lighting filter? Thanks.

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to PLaris [2009-03-30 04:19:44 +0000 UTC]

the lighting effects filter is in the filter menu under render (filter->render->lighting effects)
but ive only worked on CS2 and higher, so i dont know if its in any of the older versions

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CsmcVisn In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-04-11 14:58:12 +0000 UTC]

(It is, in the same spot )

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BrownieCosmico In reply to ??? [2009-03-23 04:31:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot for this tutorial !

I used it to make a planet here [link]
Thanks again !

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GodfatherArtist [2009-03-15 19:07:43 +0000 UTC]

This is the best, most well done tutorial I have ever seen!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to GodfatherArtist [2009-03-20 16:42:53 +0000 UTC]

wow! thank you so much! glad you like it

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GodfatherArtist In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-04-03 14:20:07 +0000 UTC]

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AbikK In reply to ??? [2009-03-14 12:03:16 +0000 UTC]

that's unbeliveable
big thanks!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to AbikK [2009-03-20 16:41:40 +0000 UTC]

and thank you as well

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DottGonzo In reply to ??? [2009-03-07 14:14:16 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial, thank you!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to DottGonzo [2009-03-20 16:37:37 +0000 UTC]

hope it helps!

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DottGonzo In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-03-20 17:22:13 +0000 UTC]

It has!

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Sexual-Yeti [2009-03-05 15:06:27 +0000 UTC]

This... this just has created a whole new level of awesome!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Sexual-Yeti [2009-03-20 16:36:52 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Sexual-Yeti In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-03-21 08:32:46 +0000 UTC]

Pleasure, your tutorial really helped me during a Photoshop project at college. I should be thanking you!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Sexual-Yeti [2009-03-30 04:33:41 +0000 UTC]

haha, awesome. hopefully i get to see a finished project

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Jdars [2009-01-23 22:57:34 +0000 UTC]

The best planet tutorial around! THANKS!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Jdars [2009-01-23 23:14:01 +0000 UTC]

glad you like it!

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Jdars In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-01-23 23:21:34 +0000 UTC]

The only thing is, after looking at tons of tutorials, I'm still having some trouble finding good textures that I like. Is there any way you can help me a little more privately? I can email you or something if you would like to help me out

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Jdars [2009-01-24 16:17:10 +0000 UTC]

yea man, just note me

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Jdars In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-01-24 21:21:59 +0000 UTC]

Ok, thanks!

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MaG1Xx In reply to ??? [2009-01-19 13:03:32 +0000 UTC]

The best space-art tutorial. Ever.
Helped me a lot in [link]

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to MaG1Xx [2009-01-19 19:53:00 +0000 UTC]

im so glad it helped!

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Sangiev In reply to ??? [2009-01-18 16:48:44 +0000 UTC]

Gratz on the DD, wonderful tutorial my friend !

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Sangiev [2009-01-18 18:06:34 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Sangiev In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-01-18 18:29:54 +0000 UTC]

After reading through it, I loved it but there is the major thing missing, as in how to create the planet ?
You showed us amazing the texture, colours, lights, atmosphere and all that, but what happen to the planet xD
And I'm kinda nooby, hence my question But I got it reading other tutorial, just though I would tell you

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Sangiev [2009-01-18 23:25:45 +0000 UTC]

what do you mean, how to create the planet? explain more please

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Sangiev In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-01-19 11:51:01 +0000 UTC]

I guess I didn't make much sense. You know other tutorial, usually tells you how to start make a circle and blah blah, how to actually get the texture on that planet. But yours was unique so it's all good

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to Sangiev [2009-01-19 19:53:16 +0000 UTC]

ok

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the-Oblivion In reply to ??? [2009-01-01 20:04:00 +0000 UTC]

Amazing tutorial! Once I get my new (faster) computer, I'll try this! Until then, . If I make anything using this tutorial, I'll be sure to note you!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to the-Oblivion [2009-01-01 20:45:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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the-Oblivion In reply to DemosthenesVoice [2009-01-01 20:49:08 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! Just one thing: Do you mind clearing up the "Coloring" section for me? I didn't quite get it...

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to the-Oblivion [2009-01-02 05:56:05 +0000 UTC]

send me a note explaining what you dont get, i would love to help, i just need to know how

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stan91 In reply to ??? [2008-12-23 09:39:26 +0000 UTC]

wow this is sweet! but how do u drag the textures into photoshop?

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to stan91 [2008-12-23 19:16:39 +0000 UTC]

open the jpeg image in photoshop and use the move tool to drag it into your planet texture document. if you download it from the net, make sure you zoom in tot he full size, right click, save image, and save it in a texture folder or something. then you can just open it in PS.

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ThatDeznaGuy In reply to ??? [2008-12-22 07:14:17 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome!!

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DemosthenesVoice In reply to ThatDeznaGuy [2008-12-22 19:31:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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sweet-meda In reply to ??? [2008-12-03 01:35:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is absolutely amazing. I really could have used this when I went through my space phase. Unfortuanately, I never had anything so indepth. I'm fairly certain my pieces would have turned out far more intricate had I had access to this. LOL

Anyway, amazing work. I might have to try out another space scene... or 4.

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Brukhar In reply to ??? [2008-12-02 18:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Tracked back to from here:
[link]

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Paladinodin In reply to ??? [2008-10-24 11:35:55 +0000 UTC]

awesome!
i will try make one planet for me *-*

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OblivionDawn In reply to ??? [2008-10-16 20:38:23 +0000 UTC]

This is THE most badass tutorial for anything I've ever seen for anything ever.

Definitely deserves the DD.

Thanks.

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