3D Pipe Planet

Added: Mar 25, 2005 Rating:

Level: Experienced Software: n/a

A planet formed by pipes in a grid pattern.


	1. Create a new document, fill the background with black then create a new layer.

	2. On the new layer, use the Circular Marquee tool to select a circle in the center.

	3. Add a Clouds filter (Filter> Render> Clouds).

	4. Use the Mosaic filter (Filter> Pixelate> Mosaic) to pixelate the image.

	5. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode to Screen.

	6. On the top layer, distort the image using the Spherize filter (Filter> Distort> Spherize) with these settings: Amount: 100% Mode: Normal

	7. Select the middle layer and apply the same filter but with this setting: Amount: -100

	8. Add a Glowing Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Glowing Edges) using these settings: Edge Width: 6 Edge Brightness: 20 Smoothness: 1

	9. Repeat the filter (Ctrl+F) for the other pixelated layer.

	10. Merge the top two layers (Ctrl+E).

	11. Colorize the layer using the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U). These are the settings I used: Hue: 200 Saturation: 100 Lightness: 0

	12. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode to Overlay.

	13. Blur the new layer slightly using the Gaussian Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur).

	14. Here is the result that I got.