Written by Mat Dwyer (MDO)
July 25th, 2004
Sorry if I am not to clear, its pretty early for me...
You are making a tutorial that will have a outcome similar to the following...
Planet
1) Open up a 800x600 sized document in photoshop.. (what ever size you like...)
2) Create a new layer (CRTL+SHIFT+N) fill it with black.
3) While on the new layer, go[color=blue] filter>render>lensflare. Make the percent 162% with lens type 30-500mm zoom and position it in the top left. (see screenshot below)
4) Next, go filter>distort>spherize with the settings 100%.
5) Then, go filter>artistic>plastic wrap and use the settings 20,15,15.
6) Make a new layer, (CTRL+SHIFT+N).
7) Use your elliptical selector (circle) and make a selection as big as you want your planet. do make sure that it is inside the circle you have so far.
8) fill the circle with white and move it if you need to. (if its allready properly positioned, you can skip this step.)
9) With the circle still selected, click on the planet layer. press ctrl+x to cut the section.
10) make a new layer, and paste. ctrl+v. if you made the white circle, you can delete that layer now.
11) When you pasted the "planet" it probably came up a little short and you can probably see an outline where you cut it. To prevent this, press CTRL+T to go into free transform mode, and drag the edges a little bit (just enough to cover the gap)
12) Fill your intial layer, (should be blank and at the bottom, with black.
13) Set the opacity of your second layer to anywhere between 18 and 47% depending on what you want.
14) select the circle layer, and filter>blur>Guassion Blur at 3.
15) while still on that layer, and filter>blur>motionblur to 19
16) Then filter>blur>radial blur at 35.
17) You can then apply the image>adjustments>hue and saturation with either of the following suggestions, or make your own...
Planet
Planet