Space Background - Tutorial

Want to create awesome pictures with Photoshop? Space backgrounds have go to be one of the easiest things to create using Adobe Photoshop. Here is the basics of how I create mine. I use Photoshop 6.0, but this tutorial will also work with later versions.


- The first thing I did was just created a blank document and filled it all with black.
- Then go to filters>noise>add noise to create a background of stars. You can use either uniform or guassian, as both work, but you will get different results from each. I recommend adding anywhere between 5-25%. I also check the monochromatic box to keep my stars white.
- Go to image>adjustments>brightness and contrast. Lower the brightness and up the contrast until your happy.

- Create a new layer and fill it with black.
- Choose a foreground colour (a nice mid blue usually works well), using black as the background colour, and go to filter>renders>difference cloud. Do this several times until you get some nice looking interstellar clouds.
- Change the layer mode to "screen" and lower the opacity.

- Now you repeat! Create a new layer, colour it black, and choose a new foreground colour (such as a dusky pink).
- Make a suitable difference cloud, change to screen mode, and lower the opacity.