Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
Tutorial Resources
- Model (Contains Nudity)
- Star background
- Sky
- Background
- Foreground
- Light effect
- Nebula 1
- Nebula 2
- Nebula 3
- Nebula 4
- Planet 1
- Planet 2
- Wire triangle
Step 1
Create a new document in Photoshop with the given settings:
Step 2
Press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N to make a new layer. Hit G to active the Gradient Tool and choose Radial Gradient with the colors #384962 and #09131d. Drag a line from the top center to the bottom of our white canvas:
Step 3
Open the star background pack. I chose the image "starry 1" to drag onto our main document and change the mode to Color Dodge 100%:


Step 4
Place the sky image over the main document and change the mode to Soft Light 100%:


Step 5
Drag the background image into our working document:

Step 6
I used an adjustment layer with Clipping Mask to darken the desert. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves:

Step 7
I used a Color Balance adjustment layer (Clipping Mask) to match the desert color with the background:

Step 8
Open the foreground image and place it in the foreground of our main document, transform it as shown below:



Step 9
I used Curved to darken the foreground. On this layer mask use a soft black brush with the opacity about 40-45% to reduce the dark effect on the part near the background:
Step 10
I used Color Balance the change the foreground color:
Step 11
To add some misty effect to the scene, I made a new layer, used a soft brush with the color #cadbe7, the opacity and flow about 50% to paint over the image, especially the mountains:
Step 12
Open the planet 1 file. Hide the dark background and press Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift+E to merge all visible layers. Move the merged planet into our main document, place it at the top right of the sky. Position this layer under the foreground and background ones.

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I am a student working on Photoshop and i was wondering about how you can get the smart filter?
Hi there, go to the drop down menu that is above with the rest of the filters, and search there. If you are on mac you can always go to the help tool, and type in what you are looking for, and the system will pop up what you have typed in, showing you in the menu. Hope this helps!