First post.

[Neoteknik]

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1582532&a=12053812&p=45114555

Well I am fresh out of the blocks. I am a newbie to this forum and tryig to improve my photoshop skills. Tell me what you think of the image and any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Also if you know any good tutorials that could assist me let me know.

[Snore]

thats pretty cool, only a few suggestions, add stars, and perhaps run the sphereize filter on the planet to make it look more round ( assuming its on a seperate layer!)

and, the best site for tutorials ( short of this one :P ) is http://www.rainworld.com



Good luck with photoshop!!

Snore

[Charm]

You want my advice?
Avoid the lens flare filter!
Its overused and rarely used well.

*CHARM*

[Grums]

Don't avoid it, but know when to use it... And do not mind charm he/she is a little grumpy today, even if he/she has some good advice.... :)

The picture is a nice beginning. To add stars, make a new layer, fill it, and add noise, monochromatic, blur, adjust levels, layer = screen..... *phew* that was fast...

[Neoteknik]

Thanks for the tips? Well as for the lens flare I hear that is the common rule. But is my use in this pic at least a decent attempt? I have a star bakcground made for this pic but the layer was hidden when i saved the copy. i wasn't sure about the way it looked.

[tornupinside]

Neo, I think its rather nice!
A layer of stars would make it even better :)

I say, "use everything Photoshop gives ya!"
I also say "I think you found a pretty good use for that lens flare.
But, ...I'm from Alabama too, and what the heck do we know?
"read the statistics" Lol!

[Charm]

my advice is simple. don't overuse filters. its always so obvious when you see a site that uses every type of bevel, glow, and drop shadow known to man.

rely on your own talents to make great work, not a filter to create them for you.

this is general advice...clearly this person is not abusing fliters with their space pic. the lens flare creates a cool effect...but its way too easy....and we see it everywhere...thats all.

*CHARM*

[Snore]

so charm, would you have been happier if he told us he hand made the lensflare?

Snore

[Final_Xero]

lol i'd like to see a hand made lens flare

[Axiom]

actually. what would make it look cool IMO is make a lighter colored background color. then play with the blending modes and hue/saturation. Give it a little effect other than just flat black with a lens flare.

As a first effort at something, its good enough. But dont just stop cause you are satisfied with the appearance. Play with other tools that arent in the filters menu and see what happens. The only filter I use all the time is Gaussian Blur. Dunno why...just makes stuff look neat.

[Charm]

hand made lens flare? what a waste of time!

all i am saying is that anyone with experience will look at this and recognize the lens flare filter and be able to duplicate it without even changing any of the filter's settings!

i am not trying to discourage anyone, just stating my opinion that relying on filters is not the way to go.

i agree with 0blivious' comments about the stars and not using flat black. it would give it some depth.

oh yeah.....i love Gaussian Blur!

*CHARM*

[Final_Xero]

here's a little thing i was playing with . i was trying to get some kind of space nebula-type background going.

just render cloudse
add noise and blur. than change the colour to red or blue or whatever u want the "gasses" to look like.

well hope u like it..

My newbie nebula-type space background thing:

i dunno if it works or not but here's the image:

<img src="http://md.webmastersland.com/space.gif">

and if u want to critic it, please go ahead

[Snore]

yeah, thats a pretty cool effect, not the first to stumble upon it though..

www.geocities.com/snore_zzz/snore.jpg


none the less, good job.. really looks like a nebula, better than my try above.. :)


snore

[Charm]

looks great! you've created a great feeling of depth.

*CHARM*

[mattboy_slim]

I tried the space effect too.....but the stars aren't quite finished yet......

Mine is more abduction-type though.

http://www.angelfire.com/on/newmuzic/abduction.html

To view the image, make sure your display is set to at least 24 colors, but preferably 32 so that you see the FULL effect of the image.

Also, don't even bother looking if you are on 56k, because the image is HUGE....i think it's about 3MB

[Final_Xero]

is that picture user friendly?? cus i got cable and it took a while to view and my slow computer can't handle it hahah.

[Grums]

Final_Xero, the picture you present is a tutorial, which i have used.... do not remember on what page.... It was the first tutorial i ever tried.... so present the link to the tutorial....... do not take the credit for it.

[Final_Xero]

i didn't say i made up the tutorial at all!!

i just said that the picture was something i made (which i made aside the tutorial. as in, i knew how to make it but i changed the way i made it to my liking) so i, infact, did make it. but not on my own. i simply adapted it from another tutorial. i never said i created it without a tutorial. i was just messing around wit the tutorial i already knew.