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Tip #35: Making a Photoshop Planet (Photoshop 7)
By: Tedric GarrisonFrom the menu bar, go over to File, then down to New, and make the file size about 200 pixels by 200 pixels. Make sure that the file is in RGB mode.
Select a light blue for the foreground color, and a darker blue for the background color. Of course, you can select any colors that you prefer, but for best results select two colors that have a high contrast. Note: the foreground and background colors are
black and white by default. Simply click on the foreground/background icon to bring
up the color picker dialog box.
From the Menu Bar, go over to Filter, down to render, and across to clouds. The clouds filter uses the foreground and background colors you have chosen to create the clouds in your file. If you don't like the first effect you get with this filter, hit Ctrl + F on Windows, Command + F on the Mac, which will reapply the filter and give a slightly different result each time.
Go back to the Filter menu, go down to Render, and over to Lighting Effects. This will bring up a dialog box similar to the one below. Note that the default shape is an ellipse.
You can change this by clicking on the handle (small dot in front of the red arrow) and
dragging it inward.
The red arrow "A" below shows the shape changed to a circle. All other settings are to remain at default, other than you may want to play with the Narrow / Wide Focus Bar.
See arrow "B". In my case I brought that setting down to 39.
Behold! Now you have a planet to call your own.
Photoshop Tip #35: Tedric Garrison tedric@betterphototips.com
