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In this tutorial, we're going to see how we can use textures to create planets and also build an awesome space scene in Photoshop.

Final Image:

STAR FIELD

1. Create a new document (Ctrl+N) in Photoshop. We set ours to a size of 1680px x 1080px, at 72dpi.

2. Fill layer with Black. After that, Create a new layer, fill it black as well, and name it "Stars".

3. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set Amount to 30%, Distribution to "Gaussian", select "Monochromatic", and hit OK.



4. Now use the Levels (Ctrl+L) to tweak and single out the stars. We dragged our shadows input level slider to 200.



5. Duplicate "Stars" layer. Using the Marquee Tool (M), select a part of the layer and hit Free Transform (Ctrl+T). Hold down the Shift and Alt keys and enlarge it by dragging one corner of the selection to a decent size. Feel free to move and rotate the selection around to make the star placement more diverse, then tap Enter to apply transformation. Once done, change layer mode to "Screen". This adds more stars of different sizes to  the field.

Oh God, not another Twitter group! Why would I want to join yet another Twitter channel? Well, the first question that would normally pop up in your mind would be what's the purpose of it all? What are the benefits, so on and so forth. Let's take a look at the advantages of joining 123RF's Twitter Channel.

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Brushes and patterns can be used to make many cool effects. You can customize practically any shapes that you want easily. Once created, it will be saved and stored in your presets, ready to be used in your design.

Before & After

Lets get started.

Rays Coming Through the Window
1) Open your image. Image ID: 4196505 � Larisa Lofitskaya 123RF.com.

If you are a frequent lightbox user, you will be happy to know that we have just introduced a few extra features to make lightbox-ing a much faster and easier process for you.

Look under Image Options and you should find the newly-added features there. You can now Select or Delete images in bulk, Copy AND Move selected images from your current lightbox to another lightbox in just a few mouse clicks (talk about energy-saving)!

Navigation is intuitively-based and designed to be user-friendly, so you should be able to get use to these features instantaneously!

If you are still unsure of what a lightbox is - you can think of it as a "personal folder" on our website that allows you to store and manage images of interest to you. Lightboxes are designed to organize your images. When you find an image on our website that you like, you can save it in a lightbox you've created. You would not need to save the image to your hard drive or jot down the image number. There is no limit on the number of lightboxes you can create and the amount of time we'll store them for you. You can choose to remove images that you no longer need in your lightbox.

Stay tune for more updates and new features coming up real soon!