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Solid rings around logos and web-based graphics are a staple diet for the
graphic designer - simple to create, and with proven results. But what
about asteroid rings around planets? Unlike their solid
counterparts, planetary rings need to have a granular, almost ethereal look, and
this is often hard to recreate effectively even in 3D programs. The aim of
this tutorial is to detail an amazingly simple way of making these
asteroid-filled rings in Photoshop. The quality and speed of the results
will simply amaze you...
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Step 1: Create a blank document of any size
(800px by 600px is a good start) and fill the background with a solid black
colour. Create a new transparent layer on top, make it active, and select filter > render
>
clouds from the main menu. Make sure you have black and white selected
as your background and foreground colours respectively. If you do it right you will get
a cloudy texture like the one on the left. |
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Step 2: Apply filter > distort > twirl
with an angle of 999°. Repeat this around
three times, or until you have an image that resembles the one opposite.
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Step 3: Select the Eraser Tool and choose a soft
round brush of an appropriate size (this depends, of course, on the size of
your image). Now start erasing the outer edges and parts of the centre until
you are left with a ring that looks like the one on the left.
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Step 4: Now to make them look like real rings. Go to
edit > transform > scale and drag the top middle grip down
until the shape is as flat as you desire, then press ENTER on your keyboard
to finalize changes.
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Step 5: Pluck out individual asteroids by running filter > noise > add noise,
with the amount set to 15%, distribution set to gaussian, and
the monochromatic checkbox enabled.
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Step 6: Bring up the levels dialog by choosing Image >
Adjustments > Levels from the main menu. Move the center triangle (below
the distribution graph) until your ring looks a little bit like the example
below. Click OK.
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Step 7: Almost done! Alter the colour of your ring with
Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Enable colorize and change the settings
until you have the colour of your
choice.
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Step 8: For the final step, set the layer blending mode to screen so that the
black parts become invisible. Your rings are now finished and you can
combine them with a planet! Have fun, practice lots, and soon you'll be able
to make a scene just like this one:
For the
full un-cropped image,
click here.
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- Tutorial written by DKF
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