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UPDATESince dA ate the zip file a while back and I don't have the files for the HTML version anymore, this deviation will simply let you download the JPG version. Yes, it's a bit redundant, but let's just think of it as a redirection.Here is the description from the old tutorial:
Ok, so over the ages, i noticed that if there is one thing that space artists (especially newcomers) struggle with, then it has to be planet textures. Lots of them just cant get their planets to look good, cant find good textures, or simply dont have 3d studio max
So i decided to throw everyone a bone, and i made a tutorial on how to make a somewhat realistic-looking planet using only photoshop. Be adviced that you need to have some basic photoshop knowledge to follow this, and if not, i suggest you spend 50 dollars on the adobe photoshop book, or read the help files that photoshop came with)
Enjoy, make the most of it, and dont hesitate to drop me a line if you have any questions.
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One great tutorial! Thank you so much!
Helped me makeΒ this
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Using your tutorial as a guide i made this:Β Window to far Β
I hope you like it
Nice tutorial, btw.
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thanks so much it's a nice work
but where is the texture
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The texture here is just a guide, you can find many textures out there!
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I used it here : D etheralblade.deviantart.com/ar⦠... ty so much
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usagi-elric.deviantart.com/art⦠I used it again! Perhaps something you could consider for another tutorial or something is how to do shadowing on front-lit planets.
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Finished it hereΒ usagi-elric.deviantart.com/artβ¦
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This has been such a great help for my space scenes. Thank you so much!
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Cool.. i've seen more than one way to make a planet.. this is pretty nice!
I always thought people paint it manually before
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hi great tutorial but im having trouble with how you got your shadow to look how it does. I followed the tutorial exactly and my shadow doesnt go from dark to light aswell as yours. any tips?
My Planet: [link]
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It looks like you applied the blur effect to the shadow layer while you still had it selected (animated dotted line going around it). Deselect it (ctrl+d on a pc and command+d on a mac) and apply the effect then.
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Hello, I'm sorry but I have a problem with your tuts. After the step called " This is what it should look like after gaussian blur is applied to the shadow layer ", the external glow of your planet change and is bigger in the picture of the next step. How ?
Second : When I try to erase parts of the atmosphere layer, the external glow move and come into the planet, so it' s visible throught the shadow layer and ugly :/. How can I resolve the problem ?
Thx a lot, Ishiru
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Hi Ishiru,
The external glow looks bigger in the next step because the next step tells you to transform the layer by moving it and/or making it smaller, so you expose more of the atmosphere layer.
The second part tells me that you didn't flatten the layer and that you're erasing the layer while the effeccts are still being applied to it. Make a new empty layer on top of it and then merge the atmosphere with it. That should do it!
Let me know if you have any more questions
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Thx a lot dinyctis ! I used your advices and my planet is awsome 
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Thank you very much!!!!!
Oh boy, I'm going to have some great fun
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I made my first planet with this tutorial, and it came out great! Thanks so much for posting this!
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cool
can you make any other tutorial for photoshop???
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There is another one for planet rings in my gallery
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Real good tutorial. A lot of good trics and notes. Perpect
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Iβve been searching the internet high and low for a tutorial on how to do something like this, I never thought of looking on DeviantART! Thanks for the tutorial.
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No problem! Glad to have been of help.
If you look for "plane tutorial" on Google, this tutorial is the first return, though
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I have clouds on my planet!!!!! I actually like this method the most, I've tried others but this is the easiest to work with and gives great results. Thank you
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I love the tutorial!!! Thx for making it 
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I'm a little new to photoshop. Can someone explain in a little bit more detail the "active but not selected" layers? I know I'm doing it wrong because when I CTRL+Click the "Base" layer, I don't even get the option to copy. Any help?
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Active but not selected means that it's the layer in which you're currently working. "Selected" means with the dotted lines around the shape of the layer in the canvas.
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I'm kind of new to Photoshop and I've got most of this tutorial figured out. But can someone explain to me the whole "active, but not selected" part where he gets rid of the excess shadow? I know I'm doing it wrong, because when I CTRL+Click "Base" layer, I don't even have the option to Copy. Any help?
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Glad to have been of help
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I used this here [link] . Thank you SO much, I learned a lot from doing this.
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It's not so hard! This is a good starting point, you can take it in many different directions from there
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Oh I plan to! All I need to do is build up my texture library! XD
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ma frend, i remembered you have thi and i came back looking for it, but the link is broken , is there any chance to see the tutorial again?
thx!
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I have edited the deviation now. dA ate the Zip file a long time ago and I don't have the HTML files anymore, so now this one just links to the JPG version, which is the same as the original.
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Many thanks for this i used to to help with this [link] appreciate it
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Try this: [link]
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Yes, you can. By reading the description.
Here, I'll save you the trouble: [link]
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Thanks a lot I would like to make the planets with out using brushes and am following your tutorial As I said I am very new at this but without people like you posting tutorials I could not have got this far. Thanks again
Veronoca
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No problem! Don't hesitate to ask me when you have any questions.
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Thanks I've been using brushes and am going to follow this. I'm a real beginner and have learned my skills by following tutorials. And did get a the missing manual for photoshop
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