Night Sky Tutorial

Made by: Nick

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a realistic stary night sky.


First fill the background with black color

 

Then add noise filter (Filter>Noise>Add Noise)

 

Make the amount about 30%, distribution gaussian, and make it monochromatic

 

Now open level's window (Image>Adjustments>Levels)

 

and input the shown values

 

Now we made the small stars, it's time for polar stars, from Filter> Render select Lens Flare

 

And then use 105mm prime lens type with low brightness

 

You might want to do it a few times to make more bright stars.

 

Finally, you might want to add a clouds effect so it looks more realistic, to do that make a new layer, and then add the clouds from Filter> Render> Clouds

 

Now change the mode of the clouds layer to pin light

 

And the opacity to somewhere around 10%

 

Final Result

After going through these simple steps you should have created a nice looking stary night sky a bit like the one below: