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Sunjo — Advanced Space Sig Tutorial
Published: 2008-09-25 15:59:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 43293; Favourites: 504; Downloads: 1534
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Ok, so I realized I never uploaded this one to dA.This is a very old space signature tutorial I made specifically for the mAsDesigns community, but seeing as I closed that a while back I'll submit it here too.
This one became the most popular tutorial to ever hit proboards, peaking at 135k+ views.
I hope someone learns something from it, and I hope to also see it become popular here too.
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Planet Texture I used:
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Wow, great effective tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
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If you don't mind, I'm going to use the planet part of of your tutorial into one of my deviations. Do you approve?
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I changed a couple of steps, bur this is awesome, one of the best....very inspiring...here is my try..[link]
thanks a lot.........
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The process at the beggining of step 7) between the first nd 2nd substep is the most important point on all this nd all your wrote is "now i clone stamped the nebula more, darkened some sports as well." nah mate doesn t work like that...make it useful, or leave it ffs.
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Nice tutorial you got there! You should join the new tutorial group
And submit your tutorials!
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I have photoshop elements 10 and I can't find the menu from step 8. does anyone has any Idea where I can find it in the menu's? (I've tried rightclicking on it)
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Photoshop 7 or above, I believe.
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i'm using Cs5 and getting dissimilar results lol
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Ok, Thanks for this. In the end I put the sun in the middle. Feathering was not doing anything, even if I set it to 100px.
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Sorry to bother you again, but the nebula is real trouble for me. Basicly, I have done what you said and it worked pretty well. Problem is, when I paste it into the actual sig it looks awful. It doesnt blend in, the outline is very obvious compared to the space background. When I look at yours, it fades into the space but mine is just a distinct cloud right in the middle. Any advice?
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Before you move the nebula into the sig, make sure you feather your nebula selection. (right click inside selection>feather), if it's still not blending, feather it more.
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Ok thanks. I will try that and let you know how it turns out
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I am having so much trouble with the Nebula, please could someone help me?
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When I put my cloud stocks to Overlay, I cant even see them. What am I doing wrong?
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You're either using too many stocks, or your stocks are too dark. If all else fails just set them to normal and make them all 40% opacity except the bottom-most layer.
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Oh, wow! I love the nebula effect, it's wonderful! I was reading through the tutorial, and I was kinda thinking "Ach, I think the space BG is boring...I could do that part better." Then I saw the nebula. Wow! Amazingly good. I love the text, too. 
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Thanks for the clipping and grouping part!
I could never figure out how to get rid of the atmosphere glow without messing up the layer and only being able to have the shadow at 100% OP!
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Hey, you know the part where it says about going into blending options with the colour overlay on the black planet, for some reason, the levels make it stay just like a dark blue background without 'stars'.
Any idea how to fix it?
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Nevermind, fixed it. Just changed the noise to monochrome.
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this is great but how do you find "blending options"?
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Great tutorial! Thank you for making it!
Would you have any tips for making more earthly styled planets? (IE, with land/cloud/sea masses, not just plain rock textures?) I know it would mostly just be using a different texture for the first steps, but would you have any suggestions on specific kinds of textures that would be best?
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Thanks for the comment.
Here's a few earth-like textures:
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Using any of those instead of the one I gave while following the rest of the steps should give you an earth-like planet, just make sure you don't desaturate the texture in step 10.
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Thanks again for the help! I've tried hand painting but it just doesn't look right.
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The part where you have to create a new layer and then erase the middle of the nebula can you explain more?
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Wait a minute, at the start you dont say whether to make a new layer or not, and im kinda new so i dont get that :L
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No need to create a new layer for the starfield.
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See thats where there is a problem, because when he told me to do The Blending options it wouldn't let me on the 'Basckground' Layer cos it was locked :s
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It shouldn't be locked on a new document. Just click the lock icon on the layers panel to unlock it.. or create a new layer and repeat the step.
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Thankyou very much, sorry for the Hassle but i have one more question. Is there anywhere i can go on the site for Tutorials. i Only managed to find this one by searching tutorial in the Search bar, and thats a right hassle to find stuff :L
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These two sites are pretty decent if you need tutorials:
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Thankyou very much, i'll take a read.
The community here is awesome, so helpful
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also after you apply image to cut off the shadow if you sharpen it, it makes it look better
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really epic, i like the nebula, it looks so real
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Hi! I would know if i could post your tutorial on my forum [link] of course inserting your credits.
Thanks you in advance!
I'm waiting for an answer.
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