--Photoshop-- Magma Planet

Create realistic magma planet in adobe photoshop.






1. Open up your "space image", make new layer and draw a circle with Ecliptical Marquee Tool (hold Shift):





2. Fill circle with black Edit>Fill and apply difference clouds filter to it (Filter>Render>Difference Clouds). Apply filter twice:





3. Now go Image>Adjustments>Levels and set:





4. Next step will be Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask with these settings:



after which you have this:





5. Now go Filter>Distort>Spherize and set:



which gives this:





6. Now we gonna set proper color. Image>Adjustments>Color Balance and for Shadows, Midtones and Highlights set:

Shadows:



Midtones:



Highlights:



and now you have something like this:





7. Now just use transform (Ctrl+T) and a little bit of Blur Tool for edges od planet and you have your final result: