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Ultimate Space tutorial by ~Statross:iconStatross:

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©2006-2010 ~Statross
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This is my ultimate space tutorial. it is a large zip file which contains the tutorial in html format. i tried to cover in detail everything that most poeople would want to know about space art in photoshop. it is quite long because i have included more than one way to do many things.
INCLUDED:
Planets: different, detailed ways to make planet bases, textures, colours, rings, suns, detail and other things
Nebulae: 2/3 different ways to make cool and realistic nebulae for your art
Stars: only one way, but a good way
Tools: i outlined how to use layers and some of the tools in photoshop if anyone didnt know
Usefulness section: i made a section on how to use brushes (making them, texturing them, etc), a tutorial i made on lens flare and links to sites and tutorials.

i had planned on including brushes with the tutorial but that would make the file huge, so they are in a seperate file for download here: [link] . i also explained how to load them in the tutorial.

i tried to make it as coherent and detailed as possible, it is all made through my own experiance and messing around for many months now. the only part that isnt my own is the base creation, this is outlined clearly and linked to the rightful tutorial author.

this took days to make (lots of writing-.-) if there is anything unclear or anything that needs changing please note me and i will update the file..apart from that
enjoy!:)

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~sedrio Mar 19, 2006, 7:27:46 AM
O.O ill be spending alot of time with this! this is great!
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~erendor Mar 19, 2006, 4:51:34 PM
My god...YES! NOW I CAN BE AS AWESOME COOL AS YOU :O.

Well, maybe not quite that awesome cool, since visual art is not my forte. But STILL!

Thanks, very awesome.
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~Statross Mar 19, 2006, 5:49:01 PM
heh, no one is as awesome as me =P

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~Statross Mar 19, 2006, 5:49:07 PM
hehe, yeah its quite long:|
thanks :) :)

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~pehmeningsoe Mar 20, 2006, 1:41:04 AM
khuul stuff! But im stuck like in here : Now hold ctrl and click the layer preview of Base, select the shadow layer press ctrl+shift+i and press delete, then deselect. (second image)

Yeah, : ( ((

Its like : [link] <- right now ;P
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~Statross Mar 20, 2006, 6:38:00 AM
ok, the little box on the layers pallete showing a mini picture of the layer is the "preview" (i dont know if it has a real name, that was the best i could come up with =P). when you hold ctrl and click on this picture it selects everything that isnt transparent in the layer with the dotted lines. the reason we ctrl+click the base layer preview is to get the right sized circle up. THEN with the circle still all dotty you select the shadow layer so it is green on the pallete. pressing ctrl+shift+i at once inverts the selection to select everything outside the circle, pressing delete delees this new selection, and to de-select you just click the picture with the lasso tool once.

the reason for doing that is, even though you can't see it on a black background, if you put stars behind it, the shadow in the bottom right corner will block out that part of he picture. what was just described deletes the excess shadow preserving the shadow, only, within the confines of the planet. :)

perhaps i was too hazy on that *adds to notes of updates* thanks :)

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~Unreal55 Mar 20, 2006, 6:08:29 PM
thanks man! I wanted to start large pieces by doing space scenes and this looks really helpful. +fav
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~Statross Mar 21, 2006, 12:15:17 AM
no probs:) i hope it is. and thanks :)

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*humanofprey Mar 21, 2006, 4:32:12 PM
Nice tut, especially the nebulae part :thumbsup:

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~did-u-get-the-memo Mar 23, 2006, 8:02:18 AM
its only showing the preview image when i zoom in

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