Tutorial

Blackhole, Space and things.

10/06/09
Its Mhars.com presents its very first photoshop tutorial! It's a tutorial to create this space and sci-fi influenced image.
Hope everyone will enjoy this tutorial. This is my first tutorial, so please give me some feedback. =] I have not gotten a comment box here, but your are welcome to drop me an e-mail!
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Let's start with creating the background. Create a new file, make a new layer. Fill it with white.
Add Cloud effect, and you will see this.
Right click on the layer, Select "Blending Options" and follow these settings.
Create a New layer, Fill it with black, and use the following effect and settings.
After this, you could add some more stars. This is optional. I added some on mine, using this brush.

Set the layer to "Screen" mode. You should see something like this.

So your background is ready! Group them in a folder and turn it off.

Now we will create the objects. Create a rectangle using the 'Rectangle Tool'. Now we will use 'Direct Selection Tool' to edit the corner points into the shape of the image below.
To do this, using the ' Direct Selection Tool', click on the rectangle. You should be able to see its points. Click onto one and drag it to where you want it to be.

Add the following settings to the shape layer.
It should look like this
Duplicate the layer and edit it using 'Direct Selection Tool'.
When you are done, create a new rectangle and edit its shape to look like this.
Use the following settings.
Create another one with the following settings.

You should have something like this.

Now we will add text onto it. Select Text tool, and type 'CX-5'
(You can type anything you want).

Ok, now we can't play much with text, so we'll change it to shape. Right click on the text layer and choose 'Convert to Shape'.
Now go to, edit > Transform > Distort. Select the corners and match it to the side of the object that we built earlier.
When you are done, add the following settings.
Change the text layer's blending mode to Colour Burn. I added a few stripes for decoration and add gradient effect to match the side of the object.
For the top, create a new rectangle shape.
Use the following settings.
So now we have this.I also added a smaller one in green.


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