As designers, we prefer to create, if not, to edit or enhance certain pictures to develop it into our own interpretation of the concept. The same practice is also observed in making space images. Like many of us, these type of images never fail to amaze our creative instinct. You may be one of those designers who are looking for tutorials that will give you information and illustration to the steps in creating space images. Well, you’ve come to the right site!

We’ve compiled 30+ Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Space and Planets for you! Check out these cool tutorials and learn awesome techniques in Photoshop in a single article. Have fun!

Space Explosion Photoshop Tutorial

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This tutorial illustrates the step-by-step process in creating a space explosion-inspired image.

Tutorial: Make a Realistic Star Field

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Star field image is created in this tutorial using Photoshop.

Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion Tutorial

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In this tutorial, you will be guided in creating a fiery space explosion image.

Cooking with Gas

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Learn to use the gas giant technique in Photoshop by following this tutorial.

How to Make a Planet

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Learn to use a single texture in creating a planet in Photoshop.

Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps Photoshop Tutorial

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Ten steps to create space lighting effect in Photoshop are illustrated above.

How to make the SUN

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Create a very realistic sun image using Photoshop through this tutorial.

Create Landscapes-Part 1

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This tutorial will guide you in creating a planet landscape in Photoshop.

How to Create an Exploding Planet in Adobe Photoshop

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In this tutorial, a step-by-step process in creating an exploding planet is illustrated.

Another Beautiful Background for a Space Scene

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Learn to create a more dramatic space scene with this tutorial.

Space Warp

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Create a space warp image in Photoshop.

Lunar Tutorial

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This tutorial will help you to create a lunar image.

Fire Planet-Photoshop Tutorial-5 Minutes in Real Time

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In this tutorial, you will see another video of a tutorial in creating a fire planet in Photoshop.

Meta474’s Flaming Planetoid Tutorial

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Learn to use airbrush, smudge and layer in Photoshop to create a flaming planetoid in Photoshop.

Photoshop Space Planet Tutorial

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A video tutorial on creating a space planet is illustrated in this tutorial.

Space Environment

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Use Photoshop to create a space environment.

Concentric Planet Ring Tutorial

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Learn to use Photoshop filters and commands in creating planet rings.

Space Scene Design in Photoshope

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This tutorial will guide you in creating a space scene in Photoshop.

Planet Ring Tutorial

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Eight steps in creating planet ring are given above by using Photoshop.

Create a Space Explosion from Scratch in Photoshop

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Learn to use Photoshop in creating space explosion images.

Really Cool Eclipse Effect in Photoshop

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Create an eclipse image in Photoshop by reading through the above tutorial.

Create a Realistic Space Scene from Scratch with Photoshop

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In this tutorial you will be guided to create a space scene in Photoshop.

Space Art 101

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Use Photoshop CS3 in this tutorial to create space image.

Land Planet Tutorial

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This tutorial will guide you to create a land planet in Photoshop.

Nebula Tutorial

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This tutorial, you will learn to create nebula images in Photoshop using several brushes and brush skill.

Tutorial: Make a Planet

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Create planet image using Photoshop 7.

Create a Vibrant Space Nebula

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Another tutorial on creating a nebula image is illustrated in the above tutorial.

Space Dust

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In this tutorial, you will be guided to create space dust in Photoshop.

A Nebula and its Extras Tutorial

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Learn to use Photoshop in creating another nebula image.

The Beauty from the Outside

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This tutorial will guide you in creating a space image in Photoshop.

Create a Realistic Outer Space Scene in Photoshop

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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a realistic looking outer space image with your own home made galaxy.

Create a Spectacular 3D Space Explosion

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The above tutorial will use some basic tools inside of Vue Infinite and Photoshop to create a 3D space explosion image.

Asteroide Tutorial

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Learn to create asteroid image in Photoshop.

Photoshop Space and Planet Scene

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Create another space and planet scene by following the steps in the above tutorial.

Ronald Bien

About the author: A Graphic Designer and the founder of Naldz Graphics. He launched Naldz Graphics to help the Design Community in providing quality design resources and tutorials.

15 comments

  1. Nice! I’m a big fan of space effects and tutorials. Thank you for this roundup. Will definitely be useful!

  2. Hey…

    really great! But some links don’t work…for example the Lunar Tut and the first ‘how to create a planet’

    Thank you very much!

  3. “Photoshop Space and Planet Scene” : Not Found
    Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.

    so, 2 of 2 tutorials I clicked on are not even online though you just twittered it some 5minutes ago.

    #fail
    #fail
    #fail

  4. “A Nebula and its Extras Tutorial” …wow. also down. great work!

  5. Jan, the problem is the speed of your internet.The “A Nebula and its Extras Tutorial” and “How to Make a Planet” are actually working. It is a big image[jpg.file] so please wait for it until the loading is done. And regarding the “Photoshop Space and Planet Scene” from tutzor, it was working when we published this article. It’s not our problem if their tutorials were gone. thanks for letting us know anyways:)

  6. The space lighting effects tutorial is superb. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do it … but definately going to try 😉

  7. WHOAAAHH THANK YOU~
    I LOVE YOU SO MUCH #kissandHug
    Thank you,you made a GOOD TUTORIAL XD I LOVE IT THANK YOU

  8. Hey, I Just wanted to thank you for posting so many amazing tutorials. They have helped a great deal!

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