2007
Create a Planet from scratch with Fireworks
Draw a realistic enough picture of a planet in space completely from scratch with Fireworks. You don’t even need any images, its all there in your textures. This tutorial is inspired by this one.
1. First, draw a rectangle the size of the canvas. Now use filters in this order; add noise with amount 27, add Brightness -46 and Contrast 98, then add Gaussian Blur 0.8. Now you have stars. This shall be the lowest layer, nothing goes beneath this.
2. Draw a circle and fill it with the Paint Dark pattern. Change Brightness to -56. Add a white Inner Shadow with distance of 9, opacity 65%, softness 10 and angle 45. Set its texture to Metal 31%. This shall be the Planet layer.
3. Draw two circles the exact size and shape of the Planet, place them directly above it. Fill the first one with radial gradient with white edges opacity 22 and black center opacity 0. In other words, its an alternative to a white Inner Shadow. As for the second circle above that one, resize that to 95% of its original size, and add a Gaussian Blur 4.8 and 75% opacity.
4. Draw two black circles on top of the previous two circles, the size of the Planet. Resize the first one to 110% original size and set its edge to feather 72 and opacity 78. The second one, which is above the first, set to feather 49 and opacity 74. Position them slightly over to the top right.
5. Draw a white circle on top of all layers, the size of the Planet. Resize that to 55% and position it on the bottom left. Set its edge to Feather 55 and the shape to Overlay.
6. Draw another white circle the size of the Planet. This time, delete the top and right vector points, leaving an oval on the bottom left. Set its edge to Feather 24 and opacity to 38. Arrange it underneath the Planet.
7. Now draw two smaller circles 60% size of the Planet and place them beneath everything. Set both to the Flames pattern, edge feather 97, and opacity 60%. Color fill the bottom one to red with overlay. Then change the saturation of the top one to -100 and Brightness -15 and Contrast 64. Now you have a little bit of space texture.
8. Draw a white oval and set opacity to 70 and Overlay. Place it beneath all the layers, making the stars on the left of the Planet brighter.
9. Draw one last circle and set its pattern to Smudge Red, edge Feather 100, opacity 10, Saturation -100, Brightness -15, Contrast 64, and put it on top of all layers, towards the bottom left. This makes more space texture.
There you have it, a convincing planet. Do some tweaking and you can make a new solar system!
Loading ...
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:22 am
Wow, very good Justin. It looks spectacular.
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 am
Thanks Lucian.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Interesting tutorial, thank you, Justin.
About “this is where we prove that Fireworks users can do many things Adobe Photoshop can” - i don`t want to make any comparison between PS and FW users. It is different software for different purposes.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Wow, I’m impressed. I’m still new to Fireworks, but I’m glad to see that this can be done.
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:09 pm
To Nikola: You’re welcome. And yes, they are different, but my statement stands.
To Corey Dutson: Thank you, hope you enjoy our tutorials.
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
I love what you can create with FW, this is just great work. Who need PS?
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I was wondering who to change the center opacity and the edges opacity.
p.s.
Awesome tutorial!
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
To Camilo: Thanks! Photoshop is still pretty powerful, by the way.
To mike: Fill>>Gradient>>Radial. Click on the color selector and you have a spectrum. Above the spectrum bar are two tabs on each end, those are the opacity adjusters. And thanks!
December 7th, 2007 at 11:10 am
There is something wrong with your Zip folder. I tryed to download it.
December 7th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Thanks for pointing that out, Mike. It’s a strange glitch but I managed to fix it. Enjoy!
December 9th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Fantastic tutorial ! & Beatiful results !Makes me realize how powerful Fw is and how much I still have to learn about it… Thanks very much for the site Justin, it’s definitely worth a visit !
December 9th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Thank you, Pau. Enjoy!
December 15th, 2007 at 4:27 am
I tried it and it’s great! I even tweaked it a little to make it seem more realistic, like I fuzzed the edge of the planet with a 3 on feathering, and I chose some interesting textures. Thanks! This really helps get you refreshed on FW!
December 15th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Thanks Tom, glad you liked it. You’re on your way to make your own space themed wallpapers!
Don’t forget to join the Adobe Fireworks Facebook Group!
January 4th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Amazing! I didn’t know you can create photorealistic stuff in Fireworks. I’m loving it more than ever.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:08 am
Marvellous is the word.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
To Dino: Now you know, Fireworks deserves love. Let us all love it!
To Amrit: Gratitude is my word. Thanks!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
nice one…
February 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I knew this was possible! Great work, keep it up!
February 27th, 2008 at 9:39 am
check my fireworks space design 2 years ago >
http://blue2x.com/images/e2.jpg
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 am
awesome tut. i made one in like 30 minutes; used a different pattern though.
but how do you get that fuzzy look in the planet?
look at mine here;
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/ferrari3200/planetwidescreen.png
it doesnt have that like fuzzy look on the lighted edge surface of the planet like the one in the tut does. can anyone help me out?
enzo.v.is@gmail.com
btw; blue2x how did you make that?! post up a tut! lol
i wanna learn how to make like space objects by just using fireowkrs; plz send me any tuts you got on space; get me at enzo.v.is@gmail.com
thanks!
March 12th, 2008 at 4:05 am
how do u actually make saturn using fireworks cause i need it 4 work. can u please reply as soon as possible by giving me a link or something. i need it by 3 days pls
March 24th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
VERY cool tut. I’m happy that firetuts is around. We needed a place for us fireworks users. I get laughed at all the time by the PS guys but with work like this you can be sure that they won’t be laughing long
March 28th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
WOW! i am reading tutorials about fireworks for years but i haven’t seen like thet. You thought it very well. Congrats!
April 5th, 2008 at 1:57 am
I’m pretty new to fireworksand I love screwing around with your tutorials and seeing what I can get from them. the only problem I had with this one was finding the “add Noise” filter. I have FW mx, does it even exist?
April 9th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Workers might like such swell tips dealing with a Planet from scratch with Fireworks | Firetuts.com. Thanks for the super knowledge!
May 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Impressive….Not Bad at all….
Gud tutorial….i must admit
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Waw, very nice, im working with FW for few month’s now and im really impressed. However its just finding the right colors & textures at the right place. But verry thx you!
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 am
i had the same problem with the add noise
July 11th, 2008 at 4:27 am
I kind of am hoping to find a team of people that would like to build a new planet
Im kind of growing tired of blue
July 11th, 2008 at 4:31 am
what do you mean moderation? did you get my message?
August 14th, 2008 at 2:55 am
I think I’m in love
August 14th, 2008 at 2:56 am
lol @ George what?? u need to team .. sounds like its real planet you gonna build
August 31st, 2008 at 7:30 am
Wow, I tried to do this and phailed misserably, then again I’m not completely familiar with FW but oh well lol maybe I’ll try as I get better
September 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
[...] This one came from my teaching-neighbour, Susan Witwicki. Her students found this fantastic and short tutorial on how to make a very cool planet scene using Fireworks. - The URL: http://firetuts.com/2007/12/01/create-a-planet-from-scratch-with-fireworks/ [...]
October 1st, 2008 at 2:03 am
[...] September 30, 2008googleearthgoods wiki September 30, 2008TechSoup Home Page September 30, 2008Create a Planet from scratch with Fireworks | Firetuts.com September 30, 2008StreamDesk 1.4 - MacUpdate September 30, 2008Ajaxonomy del.icio.us Spy September [...]
November 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
This is amazing. I tried it out and made a cool wallpaper for myself in no time.
Justin: Why aren’t there any more tutorials from you these days?
November 21st, 2008 at 2:18 am
im new and i cant figer out the overlay thing and what not. i really don’t get what it is…
December 11th, 2008 at 8:26 am
This tutorial was great… You need to make some more… It helped me so much!