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This one is way overdue. I got the desire to write one when I saw the tutorial telling people to use the spiral filter. Good effort, but that's wrong like a cubed planet. Rings are not spirals like that. Yes, I know that Cassini found a spiral of dust around Saturn's rings, but it looks nothing like the spiral tool in Photoshop!But enough about that. Here's an alternative and what i've been using when making them in Photoshop.
As usual, let me know if you're having any problems at all. Also, if you do make rings and are satisfied, tell me about what your approach. We can all learn quite a bit here
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I used your tutorial hereΒ izzabell.deviantart.com/art/Ceβ¦
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Used here:Β theforce77.deviantart.com/art/β¦
Great tutorial, thanks SO much!
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Great tutorial, thanks so much! I've been looking for a good tutorial for ages, but yours is the first to actually fit my needs. Just a hint though, if you make the black circle and lower the fill opacity of the layer to zero you can add the inner/outer glow effects but have the circle remain invisible. Merge it with a new, empty layer and the effects will remain but the black circle will be gone. I use that trick all the time in making the atmospheric glow for my planets, it makes things a bit easier.
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I used this here.Β
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very good tutorial many many thanks
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I... I LOVE YOU. I used it here: [link]
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Hello, I followed your tutorial on a picture of mine: [link]
It was very, very helpful 0_0 Like, seriousy, so helpful. I'd have never figured it out for myself, n00b that I am
But on that I do have one remark. On step 6, I couldn't use Filter/Texture/Grain... (which is what I assumed you were implying I use) and have it texturize the rings, only the black circle, which was very confusing. I ended up going back to the Blending Options and adding a touch of Noise on the outer and inner glow. ...And I don't know if you'd intended the grain to be done in either manner (it was pretty vague). But--! It forced me to experiment and find a solution on my own (which is pretty cool; I feel accomplished haha), so I guess that's a plus...
Urgh!! I don't know! I just know the rings on my planet turned out pretty frickin' awesome and it's all thanks to your amazingly helpful tutorial! (...And some messing around with Opacity, Fill, Image/Adjustments/Brightness/Contrast, and Image/Adjustments/Hue/Saturation.) I am definitely going to experiment on making different-sized rings on my own eventually ^^
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I'm glad that the tutorial helped! Think of the hiccup as a good thing, though. It forced you to try to figure it out on your own (even if it was unintended) and you worked it out for your better workflow.
Good luck in the future!
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Whoops, sorry, that link's to one of the textures I used O_O Eh heh. Sorry
Here the real link, I swear: [link]
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Hey, I used your tutorial for this picture: [link]
Thank you for posting this!
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I love spirals. Thank you so much for sharing.
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used your tutorial here [link] thank you once again for passing knowledge
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oh hey why not make pdf for make planet cuz it was long narrow image for me to scroll down...
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Because you can have this open in PS while you're working, too.
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like always... great work again! thanks to show us all this fantastic tutorials!
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Click the "download" button on the right.
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thank you for sharing another great tutorial.
here is the image I made with this tutorial: [link]
cheers!
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Step number 9 says to insert a planet. How can you do that? Since the rings seem to be on the same layer, how do you nestle the planet inside the rings in the foreground and hide the far side of the rings?
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The planet goes behind the rings layer. You get rid of the far side of the rings by erasing it or masking it out.
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Exellent tutorial, simple and 100% controlable result.
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oops! messed that link up .///.
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Oh, sorry for double post, but I don't know if you'd notice if I replied to myself.
I'm having a bit of a problem with this technique,
at first, it always, what's the word, pixelizes when I distort it in any way.
At second, as it's based on a black circle, when i use noise filter on it, with mode set to screen, it creates a line where the circle ends and where the outer glow begins, and the outer glow rings do not get the same amount of noise as the black circle (invisible, cause of the screen blending mode).
At this is probably just some wrong and rudimentary problem, but rings always come out too 'white' and don't fit, even after color balance and all. Maybe some problem with transparency, I don't know.
Thanks if you'll answer.
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Hi!
Alright, let's see:
If it pixelizes when you distort, then make it much much bigger so that you can size it down and you minimize pixel loss. The more extreme the angle of perspective, the more pixellated it'll be.
To soften the harsh edge: just add a black inner glow, merge the layer down, and then set it to screen.
As far as the rings being too white, then try playing with opacity a bit. This is all of the fine-tuning to your own taste until it comes out right. The best thing to do is to sit down and play with many different settings. You can always go back to a previous state and you'll find many cool effects "by accident" that will come in handy much later.
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Thanks!
This is what I made using your technique, tell me if you'll see any obvious mistakes I made.
It's bad, but it's the best I could do. Here
Sorry for taking so long to respond, I didn't have much spare time.
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Thanks! I was looking for something like this for a long time!
Thanks!
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Your work is very inspiring, thanks for sharing some of your techniques.
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That was a flare that I made a long time ago in 3d Studio Max. I keep a stock of flares to use that are good bases for any kind of sun.
It can be made in photoshop but it would take a while
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That's a really helpful tutorial--and very simple, too. Thanks for sharing!
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Glad to have been helpful
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Hi can you help me? some how I can't delet the inner circle...
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Never mind, I got it. Disregard that last comment
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Great tutorial! But on step 4, how do you make the black center disappear? And on step 6, how do you make the film grain effect the outer glow?
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This helped a lot, thanks so much!
[link]
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