Photoshop Tutorial

Sun

In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make a red hot Sun. .

	Start a new document about 800x800. We will intially make it large, then scale it down. It looks better that way. - Create a new layer. - Then use the eliptical marquee tool, and while holding down shift, create a circle selection. Make the selection almost as big as your canvas.
	- Fill the selection with black. - Now go to Filter » Render » Difference Clouds - Press CTRL+F two more times to reapply the filter.
	Then go to Image » Adjustments » Levels. Move the center and right slider towards the left, something similar to mine below:
	Now go to Filter » Sharpen » Unsharp Mask Amount: 500% Radius: 3.0 Threshold: 15
	Now go to Filter » Distort » Spherize: Amount: 100% Then Filter » Distort » Spherize again, but this time: Amount: 50%
	Then go to Image » Adjustments » Color Balance Apply the following color levels: Shadows: +100 \| 0 \| -100 Midtones: +100 \| 0 \| -100 Highlights: +70 \| 0 \| -15 Alternatively, you can use the Hue & Saturation to colorize your sun.
	Now sharpen the image again. Filter » Sharpen » Unsharp Mask. Amount: 300% Radius: 3 Threshold: 15 CTRL+D to deselect If you want to learn how to create stars, See the SIMPLE STARS tutorial
Here is mine: I add some drop shadow and inner shadow. DOWNLOAD PSD FILE

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nakul Aug/31/2010 13:33smart work

Nikhil Aug/07/2010 12:56Easy to build

a PS noob. Jul/01/2010 13:40hi dude i cant get the same pic can u send me help threw email my email is ""

Leslar Jun/19/2010 05:44I think it looks more like a cooling planet close to the sun. You can see all the tectonics going on. :) But it's still awesome. Thank you!

clarkster Apr/12/2010 11:05my spherize doesnt get the whole circle. wtf is up

afino Feb/15/2010 20:59cool! The sun is realistic!

HEMANT Jan/29/2010 12:38THANKS YAR

MAsroor Dec/21/2009 17:53excellent work yar....i dont believe that this will look real !! :o

ty Dec/11/2009 07:29that was very easy lol

Darshan.V.Bangera Dec/08/2009 04:00Its very gr8 and easy to do. looks really stunning. Thanks fr such a gr8 support from u and I except such kind of excellent projects more in the future!

enter name here Aug/30/2009 16:02this is a good tutorial i realy enjoid it

yux Jul/8/09 22:32what presets does the document need?

gh Jul/8/09 01:47you know how to make corona's? and thanks for the tot ^^

hotty Jun/27/09 07:41it's very hard

SALMAN KHAN MALIR Jun/25/09 20:41AWESOME

kumara Apr/22/09 21:55hey thats awesome man

Dillon Apr/20/09 15:49Awsome dude, just amazerful

photo restoration retouching dot com Mar/27/09 18:56A really simple tutorial with a great result!

Steven Mar/11/09 07:09If you want to make solar flares make really marks with the pen tool that ark. "stroke path" on a new layer with an orangy brush. then, add some glow effects.

Alani Feb/16/09 02:05Thanks for all the great information. I am from Portugal and bad know English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "One more thing that you need to satisfy your man, and that is how to make your man happy in bed." Regards ;) Alani.

Da Chosen One Jan/16/09 22:22Good! but what about solar flares

school chicka Jan/10/09 04:37some other tutorials show you how to make the stars you should to some people are stupid, what you do is go to filter-noise-add noise!! <33

mc Jan/10/09 01:03i luv it!!!

StormBringer Dec/20/08 06:54sweet and fast love it

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