Photoshop Challenge Week #5

[Zeealex]

well, this is take 2, so far so good, i might add a few more little bits on a i go along

took it's friggen time too! 6 hours on this! XD

 

[ibclare]

well, this is take 2, so far so good, i might add a few more little bits on a i go along

took it's friggen time too! 6 hours on this! XD

And worth every minute. Beautiful! Mine took hours too. But I learned a lot. Also came away with a few questions. Don't know why it is that what works for others, I hit snags I can't get past.

 

[Zeealex]

thanks!
yeah i learned allot from that one too.
what snags be these? i hit a couple as well, like not knowing what layer blending to use, just made it up as i went along and skipped a couple of steps
sorry if my reply is late i be going to sleep soonish

your one is beautiful! the only two things i would suggest is a lense flare on the larger planet, the layer blending that's best is "screen" and "burn" the woman a little but that's just my humble opinion and completely optional it's your work, not mine.
and it's absolutely fantabulous!

 

[luna]

I call this manipulation brave explorer


Background created in Photoshop, only textures for the planets:

Today I learned how to make a galaxy




Composition Brave Explorer:



It took me about nine hours to make manipulation

Resurs:



Feedback please

 

[ibclare]

Girlie Girl, You are really good, creative, productive. All that stuff! Just gorgeous.

Just saw you want comments. Well, mostly the above. The only thing I would add, since you asked, is that the planet surface is a bit faint. I thought the rover was suspended in space at first glance. But then, I never claimed to have the best eyesight either. :mrgreen:

 

[ibclare]

thanks!
yeah i learned allot from that one too.
what snags be these? i hit a couple as well, like not knowing what layer blending to use, just made it up as i went along and skipped a couple of steps
sorry if my reply is late i be going to sleep soonish

your one is beautiful! the only two things i would suggest is a lense flare on the larger planet, the layer blending that's best is "screen" and "burn" the woman a little but that's just my humble opinion and completely optional it's your work, not mine.
and it's absolutely fantabulous!

Snags, yes. I tried the lens flare. That was going to be one of my questions on my new post but I couldn't remember what it was! so tx. I tried and I guess I didn't direct it right. It kept going into the mask. Also I don't know if you used the same tutorial, but it involved putting the planet in a group and making the layer mask on the group folder itself. I could not get it to merge as one layer. With my smaller planet I just made a jpeg and popped it in. My levels problem I started a new thread for. So, time to try a new technique.

Thanks for the critique. The woman I purposefully left brighter, but since it obviously stands out too much, I will take your advice and tone her down. I think if there were more fantasy elements that followed the same brighter tone theme, it would work, but I guess she just looks weird. Maybe I'll make one where a spaceship beam is shining on the person! Cheers, Clare

 

[luna]

I do not understand how you think "suspended in space"?

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

well, this is take 2, so far so good, i might add a few more little bits on a i go along
took it's friggen time too! 6 hours on this! XD

Awesome job Zeealex
Great stuff

 

[tmiya88]

I tried one of the tuts, was fun.

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Love your melting earth! Here's what I've been working on. Had a little trouble knowing whether my color balance and saturation levels are artistic license or just plain wrong! I'll take any and all comments (what am I saying?) :mrgreen:

Just noticed a rather large cropping error. Can't use my eyes anymore tonight. It has to wait till tomorrow.

Great Job Clare

I really love this piece.

 

[admin]

I tried one of the tuts, was fun.

That looks amazing! Nice job tmiya88, I think it looks even better than the example in the tutorial on Abduzeedo.

Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps - Photoshop Tutorial | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials

I think I might give that one a try myself

 

[luna]

well, this is take 2, so far so good, i might add a few more little bits on a i go along
took it's friggen time too! 6 hours on this! XD

You're on the right track, the planets are very good!

On right planet outer glow is read,but planet is colord blue(meake planet red it will fit better hue/saturation colorize and pick some red color or change color of iner glow)

On the ring you have to too much noise(use Levels to fix this)

Tray to use sam Photo filter(cold or warm)

Sory for bead english

 

[ibclare]

TY Sir Max, blush, blush. Here's another. Luna is better at flying spaceships but this is my first one, so maybe next is better . . . :mrgreen:

 

[ibclare]

You're on the right track, the planets are very good!

On right planet outer glow is read,but planet is colord blue(meake planet red it will fit better hue/saturation colorize and pick some red color or change color of iner glow)

I agree with the color of the planet and the ring might be closer in color family, but it's still great.

 

[admin]

Everyone has done so many awesome things in this challenge, nice job!

Ok here is my first go at a nebula, this was really fun.

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Great job admin

Really nice work, awesome colors and and starfield simulation, looks really good.

 

[admin]

Thanks M@x! I think it needs a bit more work to make it look realistic but I'm getting the hand of it.

 

[ibclare]

I do not understand how you think "suspended in space"?

Sorry, I just saw this. I mean because I didn't see the ground at first, it looked to be floating. Till I looked closer.

 

[ibclare]

That looks amazing! Nice job tmiya88, I think it looks even better than the example in the tutorial on Abduzeedo.

Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps - Photoshop Tutorial | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials

I think I might give that one a try myself

It is really beautiful tmiya. I tried it too and it's easy to follow except for one thing: in the years I've been using Photoshop, I've never needed to use multiple colors on gradient layer effects. I don't know how to get anything but the foreground/BG colors already specified. HELP? :redface:

I found out why my star field attempts weren't working by using this tutorial. Abduzeedo specifies the percent of noise at 10%, not 100% and that is the big, HUGE, difference. He also specifies Gaussian, not uniform. Got the hang of it now.

:mrgreen:

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Glad to know that ibclare, if you check noise, monochromatic, you will get better results, by the way you are improving a lot in this space scene compositions, congrats.