Planet Earth – Tutorial

 

you need a Shape3D plugin
when its done it will look like this...
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1.start off with a flat satellite image map.
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2.make a new layer.
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3.move the new layer down.
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4.set blending mode for layer"background" to overlay
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5.add the cloud effect.
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6.open Adjustments, curves, RGB check the red,green and blue boxes and set the point at the the exact spot.
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7.set Layer 2's Opacity to 144.
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8.Flatten the image.

9.now use the Shape3D plugin and adjust Axis 2 at any location.
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10.adjust the lighting
direction
x:-1.00
y:0.10
z:1.00
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now for the background

11.add a new layer and move it down
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12.fill the new layer black
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13.Add noise
Intensity:70
ColorSaturation:0

14.Add the oil painting effect.
Brushsize:1
Coarseness:50

15.flatten the Image save and your done. Image
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UPDATE
a more better looking earth
after step 8 use Shape3D turn on anti-alias set AA level to 5
turn off Specular Hilight.
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now a better background
follow steps 11-14 and use the glow effect
Radius:100
Brightness:100
contrast:76Image
it should look like this

 

 

This tutorial was taken from the following url:

 

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6308

 

The author’s name is unknown.  The author’s alias is rasengan105.