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sewer-pancake — simple bg starfield tutorial
Published: 2012-03-26 15:18:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 7963; Favourites: 224; Downloads: 307
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decided to make a tutorial for my method of background stars, just in case anyone wanted to see it (i was REALLY bored last week
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this is in no way the right way, or the only way to do this, its just my method.
also, if the finished product is still too colorful for you, you could always repeat the clouds/difference clouds steps.
as stated, the link to Greg Martin's (*sirgerg ) tut: [link]
hope you all can get some use of it!
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thank you for any faves.
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Comments: 27
Nice tutorial, but I can't tell if adding the cloud layer really makes a difference; I cranked up the brightness and still couldn't see it in the final result. XD
Either way, this is pretty helpful for newbies who want a quick background for their space art, but more recently, I still prefer giving everything I realistically can a personal touch. ^^ It only takes an hour for me to dot out all the stars I need in a canvas, and if I want fictional constellations, I can do that too. XD
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the cloud layer is for de-saturating the colors in some areas so not all the stars are colored.
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Ah, okay, thanks for clearing that up. ^^
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This is a very interesting technique, and I really think it's cool. I tried something a bit different for monochromatic though, and I don't know if it works for anybody else, but if you do choose to do monochromatic,
Duplicate your final layer, set it to a 3 pixel Gaussian blur - Then set the layer to "Screen" and lower the opacity to 45%
Now, create a new layer, fill it with the colour of your choice, (I used blue) and set that layer to "Multiply" between 65- 75%
If you try it out, let me know what you think!
Again, great tutorial, very useful and helpful, and much better than the way I was doing stars.
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thank you, and thats a great suggestion as well.
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no, but you could always do the cloud layer steps a couple times.
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hope it can come in handy!
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I struggled once with stars, it was take taking and I still didn't reached what I wanted. Thanks a lot for tutorial, might be useful in future!
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That is incredibly useful, faster and easier than the way I learned to do it. Thank you very much for making this, I will definitely be using it in the future~
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i hope it can be of good use to you, and thank you.
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... i is a lady.
and thanks.
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Thanks again! Will use this at some point no doubt. Its awesome
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