how to make a realistic looking moon photograph in photoshop by pooandwee
in this tutorial i will show you how to make a very convincing photoshop image i even got a few people to beleive it was real!
 
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Step 1: DRAWING THE MOON!

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Make new layer. Name it Moon and select Elliptical Marquee Tool. Then make selection of a circle area near the top middle of the page. Size near to 100x100 pixelzz.

Note: To draw a perfect circle, press shift while selecting.

Hit "x" key to change foreground to background color and set foreground color to #F0FAFF. Then fill selection on the current new layer with this color. To draw the moon's surface, select Filter > Artistic > Sponge and adjust the following settings to the image

Note: You can set your own values if you chose diferent sizes. Moreover you should try to set your own values because with this filter you may get different results with the same values. Just try to reapply this filter until you get the proper result. After applying this filter you can Undo [Ctrl+Z] this action and then press [Ctrl+F] to select last used filter once again.
chloe294 says: Aug 12, 2009. 4:17 AM
that is way to confusing how do you stretch it out when i do that it just comes out as a big black box
Skillet4ever says: Jun 9, 2010. 5:00 PM
Omg COMPLETLY agree!
Skillet4ever says: Jun 9, 2010. 4:41 PM
Skillet4ever is: Upset this didnt work and probably have been more sucessful If I got how big to make the canvas
Skillet4ever says: Jun 9, 2010. 4:34 PM
Just did this it turned out weird I dunno what I did wrong I followed all the instructions
KELLYB1224 says: Oct 24, 2009. 5:09 AM
 Hey ,just done this , but added clouds!
Thanks for the tutorial
toffycrisp says: Aug 13, 2009. 4:09 PM
Hi on my version of photoshop I can't get the fibers tool so how would I create the sea effect without it?
gun487 says: Dec 12, 2008. 1:36 PM
woah NICE
imbz says: Sep 24, 2008. 8:37 PM
cool...nice job!
puffyfluff says: Jul 18, 2008. 8:07 AM
Amazingly realistic!
LinuxH4x0r says: Apr 17, 2008. 4:59 PM
Wow, great job! Very realistic
violet133 says: Apr 17, 2008. 8:07 AM
very realistic.
pingeee says: Apr 17, 2008. 5:54 AM
Yeah, very realistic. Good job
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