Create an Alien Landscape in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial
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Create an Alien Landscape in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

on Nov 17th 2011 with 11 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: 7 Hours
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

The Orion Nebula is so large and so bright that if you were standing on a planet orbiting a star inside it, the nebula would light up the sky, even in daylight. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will show what a world in the Orion Nebula might look like. In the process, he will show you how to apply snow to the ground, create frozen waterfalls, ice sickles, planets, stars, and even how to create the nebula in the background. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you would like to take your matte painting and photo manipulation skills to the next level, Log in or Join Now to get started!

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I was born in Mexico City, worked and studied photography at Eastman Kodak while training in minilab management and traditional darkroom techniques. Now I am steadily growing in the freelance world on matte painting, digital art/illustration and even some 3d modeling.  

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  • Luke Plum

    Reminds me of a “Yes” album cover..
    Same look & feel

    • Bunda

      Reminds me of a “crappy” tutorial….
      Same look & feel

  • Daniel

    so where are the Videos?? I download it but the file only has index.html and the images

    • http://psd.tutsplus.com/ Grant Friedman

      Hey Daniel, the videos will be made available when our new premium site is launched within the next few weeks.

      • Daniel

        COOL cant wait!!

  • yaya

    whats so alien about it anyways? O_O

  • http://kepszerkesztes.com/ Csurga

    Feel -the – alien Moon and – Sunshine!

  • http://www.be10games.com/ SemS

    Fine work.
    Realistic pencil drawing can be done?

  • Walter

    Page not found to download. :/

    • http://psd.tutsplus.com/ Grant Friedman

      Thanks Walter. We are working on the issue. It should be resolved soon. We are currently working on some upgrades. We’re experiencing a few bugs.