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Create this loopable time-lapse animation from scratch all inside Photoshop! This tutorial will show you how to create an animated night silhouette scene with a surreal space background full of stars, galaxies, and planets.
Learn how to create a time lapse scene in Photoshop. This tutorial will teach you how to create, animate and export a night scene full of stars, planets and galaxies using only Photoshop.
Preview of Final Results
Tutorial Resources
- Galaxies Brushes – sunira
- Galaxies Brushes 2 – chuloc
- Planet Brushes – sunira
- Tree Brushes – horhew
- Fractal – greenaleydis-stock
Step 1: Create a new document
Create a new file in Photoshop (Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd+N) using these settings:
- Width: 1600px
- Height: 475px
- Resolution: 300px/inch
Step 2: Install the brushes
In this step we’re going to install the four brushes we’re going to use in this tutorial. Download all of them and extract them to your Adobe/Adobe Photoshop(…)/Presets/Brushes folder.
11 comments on “How to Create a Stars and Planets Time Lapse in Photoshop”
Your image works beautifully with the mask Nancy!This looks like a great tool. I’m going to try it out. Currently.Thanks for sharing these useful information….
I made it although i made it and uploaded the video on facebook!
(I uploaded as a video not a .gif)
So here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=646167675410197&set=vb.100000509100609&type=3&theater
You can see it and if you like it just hit the like button.
Thank you for this tutorial.. im glad i learned a couple things!!
I have a small problem!!
I dont have the animation timeline you have..
My photoshop has a timeline but i have to make the animation frame by frame and only..
I have adobe photoshop cs6 Version 13.0 x32.. i dont know if that helps
Nice tutorial. Keep it up Guys!
I am trying to save a file, but I don't have the "QuickTime Export" option. What it might be wrong?
I would add some motion blur to it so that it doesn't look so choppy. Nice to see an animation tutorial :)
Very nice! Thank you a lot!
Please help me!!! I don't know how to download the brushes and the other things!!!
Took me awhile to find the download link but it's on the right-side between all the clutter
http://imgur.com/ZRCqh
Superb graphic design tutorials and thanks for share....
Awesome and difference articles...thanks to share..