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Published: 2003-12-12 15:54:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 59207; Favourites: 475; Downloads: 31729
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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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Comments: 194
this is great stuff,
i feal so accomplished now
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I used that same blue planet again in another space scene. Alignment
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Here is the finished piece Protecting Home thanks for providing the tutorial
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Downloading it now, lets see how good of a teacher you are
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/downloads... ill check it out later
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Found this tutorial on some web site a while back and loved it, now I know who the author is! Thanks for making such a great tutorial.
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I love your planets but your tutorial is so poorly worder I could not understand how to create a planet... Sorry
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sorry to hear that, it's the first time someone tells me that in the 11 months that i shared this with the people, whic means that they were able to follow it
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I'll try it again... Maybe if not you could help me via note system.. Maybe I could rewrite one called the "total idiots version"
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here you go, a page with a few planet tutorials. They should help you out
[link]
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downloading now... hopefully it useful
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Very nice just what i was looking for 
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Eureka!! This is the kind of tutorial I've been looking for!! Thank you for sharing your skill with us!
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Hmm, a good tutorial.
Very little room to get varied results (Which can be somewhat annoying to a novice).. and the outcome is simply brilliant.
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actually, there is a lot of room for varied results. All one has to do is use different and more textures, changing their blending modes here and there.
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hmm.. i saw this coming, just a moment after i posted this message - i think you took what I meant the wrong way.. I meant as in the tutorials where it's not very systematic and uhh.. 'settable'.. where you're required to do alot of painting and colourchoosing.. and alot of involuntary change of result..
but uh, yes, i knew, and know what you mean.
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I am being dense, for some reason I can't get this to load on my computer I click the download and it gives me a downloading winzip message. can you send it to me (hkarla@yahoo.com) or help me figure out how to open it. thanks so much
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Dude I worship u ! Awesome Tutorial ! Helped alot and clarified lots of stuffs !!!
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. . hey sorry i'm bugging u again . .i wasn't sure whether u read my note or not . .? I'll totally understand if your answer is 'NO' .
thanks,
Shan
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I... 
You're the 
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Ugh! just a question:
- can we expect more tutos like this in the close future?
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I tried it, works perfectly... awesome tutorial, great job!
Damien
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i need a planet right now... and hope this one can help me.
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whoa .. awsome tutorial
this is a clincher for a devWatch
cheers
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more please sir! specifically how to do light sources
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we are unworty..we are unworthy
i made my first planets with this tutorial und now i understand a lot more of photoshop then before
i have to thank you..!!!
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you made it look soooo simple! 
-cheryl.
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Haven't done it yet, but thanks for sharing! 8 )
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RAFFLE ROFL... chocolate chip cookie lol, now not only have you made me jealous.. but hungry as well...
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having a problem, cant figuere it out.
when i get to messing with the atmosphere layer, it applies the layer style settings to the entire layer, not just the planet (elleptical selection)
what do i do? teh 'planet' uis selected with the marquee tool, but it sitll applies to the whole layer instead of JUST inside marquee, what am I doing wrong? *cry*
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hmmm maybe your atmosphere layer doesnt have the shape of the planet and is just covering the whole screen?
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hmm? It is an exact copy of the base layer. How can I make it ahve the shape of just the planet? Should the backgroudns be transparent?
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if its an exact copy then its fine......thats weird though.......are you applying the layer changes to the atmosphere layer or to the planet layer? that might be confusing
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nah, i figuered it out, the reason was that i made an exact copy of the planet AND a background, not just the planet on a trasnparent layer. got it figuered out now. beautiful tutorial, thanks a ton!
-Mark
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Next you teach us asteroids yeah?
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