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Description: 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

User Comments

hotty | Jun/27/09 07:41
it's very hard
SALMAN KHAN MALIR | Jun/25/09 20:41
AWESOME
kumara | Apr/22/09 21:55
hey thats awesome man
Dillon | Apr/20/09 15:49
Awsome dude, just amazerful
photo restoration retouching dot com | Mar/27/09 18:56
A really simple tutorial with a great result!
Steven | Mar/11/09 07:09
If 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 02:05
Thanks 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 22:22
Good! but what about solar flares
school chicka | Jan/10/09 04:37
some 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!!

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