SAE Magazine 13-3

104 PRODUCTION & KNOW HOW // MATTE PAINTING on the individual stars with the brush. Many space tutorials on the Internet prefer a faster method, but this is mostly at the expense of self-control. How many stars and where they should be placed is of vital importance for the depth and the focus of the image so you should determine this yourself. Previously two distances between the stars were created. The fog represents stars which are mil- lions of light years away whereby the last created stars are a distance of approx. 100,000 to 1 million light years away. The stars in close proximity to our solar system are still missing. As these shine more than all the others a little trick is called for. Create a new black layer, use the lens flare filter and position this in the middle of the image. The star is mostly finished, adjust its size and set the layer mode to ‘Multiply‘. Finally duplicate this layer three to four times and position these discreetly. Use a colour correction with ‘Curves‘ on the stars which should be less noticeable. Matte painting - the earth The earth - it seems to b but is actually far away f more drama into the comp ly enlarged. The difficulty nevertheless create the ap moon despite this enlarge ity of the scenario is retain source in this respect wh on the dark sides of the pl that you use as little black Furthermore it is importan the planets and to produc ages of NASA.1 are extre The curve can be generate transform tool. This step t the textures do not stick cle every texture layer mu mask (with cmd+alt+g). O et will be outfitted with rive important to always to inte

SAE Magazine 13-3

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