Creating 3D PLANETS

[@ChChCheckIt]

Hey everyone!!! I've added and updated all the links you could possibly need for this tutorial =) even if you don't have the 3D options, I've included a link to a PSD that could prove useful to you! Check the description!! =) -B

[@annaolson1864]

For people who cant use the 3-d feature Go to filter Distort Spherize hit Ctrl F a few times Just so you know you can do it

[@AmarenaBarbarena]

love you

[@henkmarkgraaff9259]

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[@teenykaz]

Very easy to follow, quite fast (which made it confusing at times but in the end, i like it because you get straight to the point) and really cool for those of us who haven't given the whole 3D thing a go yet! Just wanted to say thanks so much for taking the time to make this! With practise, hopefully i can make something at least half as awesome as yours!

[@ChChCheckIt]

@Inkognitohaloramics Ohh!! Lol sorry, that's a stock image, not a custom-made background =P -B

[@fullmetalsmash001]

That light spot techinque with the resizing was pure genius, excellent video!

[@jtaylor330]

I am avidly learning new things with photoshop these last couple weeks and after watching this once I was able to go through it alone (with your great meterials of course) to reach that next level and not feel like a PS Noob anymore haha. Thank you so much I have subscribed and will be going through as many of your tutorials as I can to become an advanced photoshop artist. Thank You

[@MrMeetchell]

I have been doing odd little Photoshop artworks for awhile but never at this kind of awesome, this was so so easy and amazing. Loved it and keep up the awesome tutorials

[@MrBledi]

Your Photoshop tutorials are unbelievable!! Freaky Amazing! Thanks!!

[@ChChCheckIt]

@TheJapeKing Well it's because I put a LOT more time into tweaking the shading. I would have gone into more detail with that, but I couldn't really remember the exact method I used =/ -B

[@Killstreek]

That's awesome! I did a Google search for wallpapers, and this has been mine for about 2 months! You have no idea how cool it is to see how it was made. Awesome tutorial man.

[@ChChCheckIt]

Glad my tutorial was able to teach you some useful tricks!!! =) -B

[@majicebe]

Super impressive. You make this look like cave painting. You are a gifted artist, as well as an amazing Photoshop user.

[@733835]

You could try using the Spherize function in Filter tab, then Distort and Spherize is one of the choices. I push the slider control to full amount, and depending on the result I sometimes Spherize things twice to get what I like. Hope that helps.

[@ChChCheckIt]

College is one way to learn about graphic design, but it's not the only way either. There are numerous things that you can learn online. I don't know if 28 is too old to get started, I guess it depends on how fast of a learner you are. I've been working with Photoshop for about 6 years now (it's been a slow process, given that I've been in school) and you can have a good idea of where I'm at skill-wise. My recommendation, if you really wanted to, would be to go to college AND learn online =) -B

[@DeftSpex]

I am pretty good with Photoshop, but when you showed what you were going to make I had no idea how you were going to do it After following your instructions I pieced it together easily and it turned out awesome I also learned a lot of techniques that I can apply on other things that I am working on, so thanks a bunch!

[@Inkognitohaloramics]

I was kind of hoping for a tut on the background as well, but still an awesome vid! Thanks for posting this and I hope you feel better soon Brandon!

[@ChChCheckIt]

@kam26x Recorded with Camtasia Studio, and edited with Sony Vegas Pro 10! -B

[@2A7X1]

Sweet video! Learned a lot! Just started working with photoshop this week and cant tell you how much this helped!

[@ChChCheckIt]

You could use a circular marquee, but you might want to use the bloat tool (in the liquify dealio) to distort it to make it look more spherical. Then add in the shadows and highlights to really emphasize that sphere shape that you need it to have. Hope that turns out all right =) -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

Did you install CS5 Extended? The 3D feature is only available in Photoshop Extended.

[@Hornbelch]

Wow! Your guides are really informative and you are very well spoken. You've earned a sub!

[@SCtbf4]

Your right and the image at the :50 second mark is, IMHO better just because of that little tweak. Again good work

[@tangtang7385]

By far one of the best tuto about space on internet. thanks buddy

[@TehJayface]

Editing while still in pain from your surgery? That's dedication right there. Thanks for your hard work, Brandon!

[@ArkhitektonIV]

Dear Friend, to make clouds/smoke/clusters - Brush Stroke - Airbrush + Smoothing at 0% hardness and 50% opacity. Draw your desired shape, duplicate it, and add gaussian blur to the copied layer. Layer - Effect - Maximize - will create pixelated shapes of smoke like features. Duplicate layer, render cloud, change to overlay for the puffiness. For light streaks. Click 'path' tab, use pen tool to draw desired line, circle back and close loop. Make two layers - white and color. Blur color behind.

[@Baldrick2uk]

So..I'm exhausted and I've been sat here in a comfy chair and a can of beer watching this! You, however, were half blind and on your way to have a bone graft! Amazing! Thank you for this vid, not sure how I've missed your channel before. Hope the surgery went ok

[@cholo0107]

I enjoyed that a lot! Funny when your contacts act up. Great tutorial!

[@ayoolaadeyanju8678]

Brilliant. Been following you of late and find your tricks absolutely off the hook. Thanks and be good!

[@Malathrom]

Thanks man! Your tutorials are always fun to watch

[@ChChCheckIt]

@ProSupra Sorry, but I kind of have to go a certain speed that works for both the advanced viewers and the newer ones... At the very least, you can pause or rewind the video at any time =) -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

Did you put the .abr file into your brushes folder? -B

[@absitedesigns]

I really like your techniques and will be checking out more tutorials.

[@BrOK3nBrZD]

few tips for cs6 users, if you have trouble pulling across the planet just save the planets 3d file and import, and the 3d move tools are now located on the top bars

[@ChChCheckIt]

It was one thing I forgot to do in the tutorial. In the example I showed at 0:50 does have more rotation on it. -B

[@Skovidesign]

your tutorials are soooo educative, i'v learned so much from them, thank you

[@marjeheadroom]

Great tutorial; great results. I used the new 3D Workspace into this tutorial without any difficulty. Thanks so much!

[@crashdemon12]

IMO one of the best effects from your tutorials, I've never used 3D effects on Photoshop before ;D

[@digitalparker]

One alternative to the 3D object is to choose a texture, use an elliptical marquee to make a circle over it. Then in filters distort it with Spherize.

[@IsaacSmith2]

As soon as I saw that first version, I just went right ahead, downloaded it, and set it to my wallpaper :3

[@ChChCheckIt]

Hey guys! Seriously give Brandon huge props for making this thing! He ended up editing it while he is still in major pain from his surgery! So please make him feel good with a good comment! -Eli

[@Crisosphinx]

@ChChCheckItsClan I'm not amazing yet, but I do create my own textures/ brushes and use them to make a scene from scratch. I know many people who do as well. However, this is still an interesting tutorial > never knew this about Photoshop CS5. If I recall, taking real images and drawing over them to create hyper realism is called matte painting.

[@Degore0]

Gday mate, im still fairly new to using photoshop, so much to learn but im getting better everyday, and im loving making up posters and pics for family and friends, i just uploaded a new vid to youtube of some of my photoshop stuff,.............. just wanted to thank you for having such great tutorials on photoshop, its a big help.

[@ChChCheckIt]

Sorry, I do not understand the word "pincel." ¿Has probado el Traductor de Google? No es perfecto, pero creo que puede ayudar. -B

[@farahsaid11]

this is so professional .thanks a lot.i really learn a lot from your tuts.

[@ChChCheckIt]

Try this: Right-click the layer for the 3D planet and click "Duplicate layer." In the pop-up menu, click the drop-down menu next to "Document" and choose the document you wanna put the planet in. Then click OK. Hope that works! -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

Making something into a sphere in CS6 is a little weird. You gotta go to 3D - New Mesh from Layer - Mesh Preset - Sphere. Hope that helps! -B

[@JujuiLuv]

thanks for opening my eyes to some ideas! !! great , the best tutorial on youtube !!!!

[@webstar58]

wow bradon this is cool this is 1 reson why i wanted to learn photoshop i love creating stuff like this and big tnx man love the tut

[@ChChCheckIt]

@liverpoolrk Type the text you want, then go to FX > Gradient Overlay.

[@AdamuBAdamu-jv8sl]

Absolutely Brilliant! Hope the bone graft went well. Take care

[@MysteryHunterz]

A good thing to know - CTRL+backspace doesen't always work. For example it didn't work for me but it had the same outcome when I used CTRL+X but im pretty sure it depends how your shortcuts are set. I really do like this tutorial by the way. Learning alot from it, especially since im doing a Motion Graphics Design study at the moment. Thanks ChChCheckItsClan!

[@mskiRED99]

I love this tutorial! I can easily follow his steps! Thanks man! Your a great help!

[@Galquin]

Loved it !!!!! One of your best tutorials, wait ! all of them are! :D

[@AWhiteBell]

Nice demystification of this image's process. Now I want to play with these PS features.

[@EuropasOcean]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I used the technique to make the art work cover for my ambient music album. This video is done perfectly! I like how quick it is taking in mind how much I learnt and what you can accomplish with it and how amazing it looks!

[@SOLDlERZ]

Wow! This just taught me a lot of other techniques in PS :) Great Video!!

[@ChChCheckIt]

@jamesAboy19 If I remember right it's new to CS5 Extended. And no worries, it doesn't hurt to ask =) -B

[@luckylove72]

For me drawing is like a miracle. I can't even make circle. When I see someone making wallpapers I feel like this person must be more than just a man!:D

[@ChChCheckIt]

With the texture's layer selected go to 3D - New Mesh from Layer - Mesh Preset - Sphere. From there I can't help much more, as I haven't messed with the new 3D options at all O.o -B

[@raiyanmars]

@ChChCheckIt How did you make your video presentation ? Did you just use Adobe After Effects ? I love your tutorials....

[@ChChCheckIt]

Brush size is the bracket keys [ ] -B

[@PkKingSlaya]

Okay, I figured it out, with Image Reveal All. Just started doing all of this and its pretty entertaining.

[@ExtensiveFilms]

The sound effects when you go to the tabs! :D

[@DBLCreations]

Man your tutorials our really really good! I learn so much from you! It's not always easy for me as a beginner but i learning much, and i must say since i know couple of shortcuts that really make life easy :-D

[@ShaynaLynn]

Sweet tut, thanks :) I'm going to assume the graft went well.

[@ChChCheckIt]

You use the bracket keys on your keyboard! [ and ] Hope that helps =) -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

@kashif786ish The password is in the description! =)

[@Live4Christ1995]

this tutorial looks reaaally good :) I'll defininteley try this tomorrow!

[@ChChCheckIt]

Used a different browser and found out the problem.. description has been updated. Thanks! -B

[@MrSonix94]

This tutorial is really amazing!! I think its one of your best :)

[@Itsyykki]

Excellent tutorial, easy to follow. Keep up the good work :)

[@ChChCheckIt]

@ajroboberts You need something installed called winRAR to extract it. If you can't get it to work, I'll change it to a .zip file if that'll make things easier =) -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

I would search Google on how to find out what kind of graphics card you have. Then look up "[your graphics card] driver" in Google and download and install it from the official website. If you're not comfortable messing with that stuff, I'd ask a friend who knows more about it. -B

[@SaturnGrl]

I think you guys should consider making folks reference your tutorial video in their art submissions. I'm seeing double blue planets pop up all over the place that look like your artwork.

[@Cloudrunner1]

Was that background custom made by yourself? Or was that just a random texture?

[@ChChCheckIt]

You gotta move the .abr files to a certain folder! Go to where you installed Photoshop and go to /presets/brushes and put your .abr files in there and restart the program =) -B

[@LittlePharma]

Been really looking forward to this tut, thanks man! =D

[@Shmoogins]

Thanks for the tutorial brotha much appreciated.. def keep up the awesome work..

[@KermitVonSchnitzel]

Good work ma' boy - great tutorial. Hope the operation went ok!

[@ChChCheckIt]

They're kinda cheesy to me... The only one I kinda like is the movie prime filter. I wish you could import the VideoCopilot flares into PS =D -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

I made the .rar file myself, and I don't think mediafire lets you upload files containing malware. So I don't know why your computer would think something is fishy O.o -B

[@palacios185]

great stuff dude absolutely brilliant

[@doodlehead529]

I was just looking for a space photoshop tut and couldn't find any good ones. But then I went to youtube home page and see chchcheckitsclan and look under an there fit was :) thanks

[@MrMeetchell]

Do you use a mouse for all your tutorials?

[@Charlie7250]

instead of using the 3d planet would this be doable with just a circular marquie tool? because this is one of the best things i have ever seen and i would love to make it, but my computer doesnt allow me to use 3d shapes but my graphics card can handle it thats for sure, so im not to sure

[@Mr_.G]

Amazing. I'll definitely give this a try

[@adrianreyes2318]

Wow this is a monster of a tutorial. nice tut

[@wielderXII]

this tutorial is unreal!! i'm gonna subscribe this channel

[@ChChCheckIt]

@Thejrrg That's usually how things are done, at least in my experience. You take real images to create more realistic effects. Makes sense to me. Besides, imagine how much longer it would take to actually create the stars and smokiness from scratch O.o

[@blasthoundresponds]

im curious, have you done a tutorial on how to make a background image as close to identical as you can get it to the stars/nebula image you used? if not could you possibly do one for CS5 ?

[@elcinyagiz]

go to another tool, for example rectangular marquee.. and hold the cmd key (it will turn to move tool) and drag the other tab..

[@ChChCheckIt]

Meaning? (Yes, I get the LoTR reference, but I don't see the point here, lol) -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

@TheDerangedOrange You should still be able to make a similar effect =) For example, just cut a circle out of the texture, give it some bevel, and use the Spherize filter =) -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

...Text tool?

[@ChChCheckIt]

Of course! The 3D part is just going to work very differently. -B

[@ChChCheckIt]

I'd Google it. I had that problem once before, and reinstalling the program fixed it for me. -B

[@DressToKill1011]

WOW bro thanks for the tut appreciate it man, it is a very lengthy and tedious tut but i endured and the results are pretty mind blowing oh and thanks for the veyet or viyet uhh... what ever its called i now have a new tenique added to my photoshop knowledge

[@96hotdog96]

Thank you soooo much! What recording software do you use by the way?

[@libenslinch]

hey man, i really enjoy this tutorial, i will check later ur channel, seems like im goona find a box of pandora! really nice!

[@DorianKill]

I've done the same work, but I've cut a lot of corners! :D Thanks!