Another Planet
Step 21.
In tunings of the layer with mountains we’ll lower Fill to 85%.
Step 22.
With Smudge Tool we’ll spread mountains a little (The motions must be horizontal!).
Step 23.
By means of the Brush Tool (using the same navy blue shade) with Opacity 20% we’ll paint out the foundations of planets (we make it on the clean layer).
Step 24.
We take Eraser Tool and wipe up neatly superfluous (those areas which we can’t see because of the clouds).
Step 25.
By means of the Dodge Tool (Range - highlights, Exposure - 100%) we will light up mountains. One smooth motion of brush will be enough for the desired effect.
Step 26.
Now we take Blur Tool and with one even horizontal motion transform mountains. To make it easier and quicker, you have to press “ctrl”.
Step 27.
By means of Eraser Tool you have to do lower part of mountains more transparent.
Step 28.
Between layers with sea and mountains we add a new layer, draw on it an even white horizontal line, in thick somewhere 5-6 pixels. Then we take Smudge Tool and spread it, converting into fog.
Step 29.
By means of Dodge Tool (Range- midtones, Exposure-50%) we will light up the overhead part of water.
Step 30.
It is time to work above the quality of our collage. It is more comfortable to do all these corrections on a whole picture. Therefore we save our collage as jpg file, and then open it in Photoshop. So, first we change adjustments of Brightness (-15) and Contrast (+5) – you do it in the Image- Adjustments- Brightness/ Contrasts menu.
Step 31.
Then we press “ctrl” + “B” and put tuning, as it is shown on pictures 1, 2, and 3. Into Image- Adjustments- Brightness/Contrasts and Shadow/Highlights menu we put tunings as it is shown on pictures 4.
Step 32.
Let’s take Dodge Tool (Range- Highlights, Exposure-18%) and will make some areas of sky brighter. We will add stars. For this purpose we take the ordinary brush of little size and draw them on all firmaments, except for areas, where we can’t see them because of planets and clouds.
That is all. Use your fantasy. I hope that this lesson was interesting.
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This was a very good tut, I didn’t read it at all and I went again and made my own project using this idea as the basics. this is what my outcome was.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a201/mlicot/HardcoreDesigns.png
nice tut.
i think it has a better atmosphere without the
mountain background, but that’s just me.
very good tho.
You did a very nice job on the sky and planets, however, the ocean looks like it’s totally a seperate picture.
Does not match or blend with the sky and planets at all.
No reflections of the clouds or anything on the water.
The water part of the picture is HIGHLY unreal and bad.
Maybe you should stick to planet and sky tutorials.
Well, I guess you couldn’t do that either as you have to use Other Peoples planets in “your” work.
thx sergio, i like your idea