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# Sun Tutorial

Started by jerry533482 , Jan 03 2010 07:13 PM

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### #1 jerry533482

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 07:13 PM

Hey, guys. I know I'm posting a mile a minute, but I've stumbled upon another cool technique that I believe the forum and it's members will benefit from. I have figured out how to make a sun.
Please note that this tutorial was based upon a planet tutorial by flip. I strongly encourage you to check it out; it's an awesome, in-depth, quality tut.
http://paintdotnet.f...hp?f=31&t=31472
You'll need a few plugins:
color filter(optional)-http://paintdotnet.f...it=color filter
shape 3d-http://mkt.t-cat.biz/pdn/3.htm#3
Your goal is this:
1. Create a new document with white as your background at 800x600. Make your primary color black and your secondary white. Fill it with black or press ctrl+shift+I. Render noise in at the following settings:
2. (This step is optional; if you don't want a nebulae in your background, skip to step 6) Create a new layer. Make sure your colors are black and white, or this effect will get screwed up. Go to effects>render>clouds, set the blending mode to difference, and use the following settings:
3. Repeat(ctrl+F) three times. It should look like this:
4. Use color filter(effects>color>color filter) to change the clouds to the color you want your nebulae to be. Once done, it should look like this(it'll be a different color if you don't use dark blue):
5. Go to layer properties for the current layer(the cloud layer), change the blending mode to glow, and reduce the visibility until you can see your noisy starscape.
6. Merge your two layers, & create a new layer. Change your primary color to yellow and your secondary to black. Render clouds(effects>render>clouds) on your new layer with a high roughness, a low scale, and normal blending mode.
7. Go to effects>render>shape3D, and use the following settings(make sure lighting is turned off):
8. Once you have rendered your clouds into a sphere, name that layer sun. Now this is where it gets a bit tricky. Make your primary color orange and your secondary black. Now create two new layers. Name the lower one surface and the upper one radiation. Once you have done this, go back to the sun layer and use the magic wand to select the outside of the sphere. With the selection still made, switch to the surface layer. It should look like this:
9. Choose the paint bucket tool from the toolbox, and fill the selection with orange.
10. Press ctrl+I to invert the selection. Now the sun should be selected. Switch to the radiation layer, and fill the selection with orange again. If you do it correctly, the entire canvas should be orange.
11. Press ctrl+D, make the radiation layer invisible by unchecking it's box, and switch back to the surface layer. there should be no selections. Go to effects>blurs>Gaussian blur, and blur the layer somewhere around 130.
12. Go back to the sun layer & select the outside of the star. Switch back to the surface layer and press delete. You should see some orange covering the star only; there should be no orange around the edges.
13. Make the radiation layer visible and switch to it. There should be an orange disk covering the star. Go to effects>blurs>Gaussian blur and move the radius bar up until you are satisfied with how much radiation is spurring out. Click OK.
14. Change the blending mode for both the surface and radiation layers to glow.
15. Merge the surface and radiation layers. Duplicate the new layer, then merge those two layers.
16. Go to layer properties for the new layer and reduce visibility to around 170, or whatever you prefer. If the edges are a bit rough on any of the layers, use feather to fix it(http://paintdotnet.f...hp?f=16&t=22819; effects>object>feather).
You now have a flaming star within your PDN window. Congrats. If you want, try changing the colors to make a red giant, a white dwarf(formerly blue dwarf), or a star from the alpha centari system. The choice is yours.

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### #2 mcamp14

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 07:19 PM

Jerry,
I might have to add this to my sig like I did your galaxy, but I might not. You know, because of night and all.
As an astronomer I must correct you on one thing. There is no such thing as a blue dwarf, there is a blue giant, a red giant, a white dwarf, a brown dwarf, a red dwarf, a red supergiant, a blue supergiant, and maybe even a black dwarf. Sorry, it is an OCD thing
I loved the tut, and it reminded me of one of the planet tutorials.
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### #3 jerry533482

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 07:42 PM

Sorry, I wasn't checking sources with this. I thought I meant white dwarf, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for reminding me.

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### #4 mcamp14

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 07:49 PM

jerry533482 said:

> Sorry, I wasn't checking sources with this. I thought I meant white dwarf, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for reminding me.

No prob. Sorry if I seemed harsh, I can be that way sometimes, don't take it personally.
Once again, I love your tuts. So far we have an excellent sun tut and galaxy tut. All we need is a nebula (plural being nebulae) tutorial. One that goes in depth!
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### #5 jerry533482

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 08:15 PM

mcamp14 said:

> All we need is a nebula (plural being nebulae) tutorial.

I knew plural was nebulae!

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### #6 mcamp14

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 08:16 PM

jerry533482 said:

> mcamp14 said:

> > All we need is a nebula (plural being nebulae) tutorial.

> I knew plural was nebulae!

I noticed that in your tut.
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### #7 jerry533482

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 10:14 PM

mcamp14 said:

> All we need is a nebula (plural being nebulae) tutorial. One that goes in depth!

mcamp14, I'll take you up on that. However, I can't make guarantees. But I'll try.

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### #8 mcamp14

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 10:16 PM

Hey, you seem to be an expert at these tuts.
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### #9 PancakePaint

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 11:17 PM

Nice tut!
I'll post my results here later...

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### #10 jerry533482

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 05:21 AM

Hey, anyone know how to add flares? I've tried tackling this challenge quite a bit, but can never seem to find out how to do it. Anyone got any techniques or ideas?

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### #11 Bjarni

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 07:03 AM

Maybe use brushes or smudge?
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### #12 Sarkut

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 08:05 AM

jerry533482,
Could you give more details on what
appearance you're going for in the flares.

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### #13 Remii9512

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 02:45 PM

Basically, all I need for a sun is a yellow ball with a smiley face.
But, seriously, great tut. I've seen trickier uses of Shape3D, but hey, what else can you do for a sphere?
Trolololol

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### #14 jerry533482

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Posted 09 January 2010 - 03:10 PM

Well, I'm not trying to make it look like the sun's exploding; just a little side flares.

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### #15 Ancient Shed

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Posted 24 January 2010 - 10:05 AM

Here's my go at it
Great tutorial btw ^_^
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My New Gallery. Please help me improve. ^^

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### #16 jerry533482

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Posted 24 January 2010 - 06:32 PM

Sweet pic, Ancient Shed. :wink:

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### #17 Ancient Shed

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Posted 24 January 2010 - 06:42 PM

I managed to make it only thanks to your tutorial
So, yeah, thanks for the tutorial ^^

My New Gallery. Please help me improve. ^^

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### #18 Dark Zarosia

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Posted 25 January 2010 - 05:06 PM

Check my gallery for my go at it, nice tutorial! I had been wanting to learn how to do this for ages, haha.

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### #19 Balthesar

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 10:35 AM

Dude, this is a nice tutorial man
Here's my try, I added something from another post, I thought it looked cool
Greetz

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### #20 PirateLordxX

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 04:27 PM

Hey guys! im new to this but I was wondering about the sun Flares as well... so i mixed this tut and one from viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26966 to make my go at it... plz let me know what u think.

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