Since I still don't have photoshop I returned to my two favorate crap programs! microsoft photo editor and PAINT. Here is my first attempt at making deep space.

This is a more betterm one I did up.

Deep space equals a lot of stars.

Well, there are alot of stars in space. >.> In any case, aesthetically pleasing it is.

Not bad for paint/photo editor. But it might indeed have more stars.
Why don't you use The Gimp though? That's free, if photoshop or paint shop pro are too expensive for you. And it's about just as good. (except for the wacky interface :P)

Since most of you requested more stars I added more stars.

PS I don't use the gimp cause the download mirror for it was broken.

It reminds me of one of the default night sky textures from JK.

It doesn't look like stars at all, and for a very good reason. You've got a bunch of large bright stars and nothing else. It's as if all the stars were placed in a perfect spherical pattern and the point of view was it's center.

Here's a couple of tips:

Work with layers of stars. Make your very first layer with tiny very dark grey spots, barely visible. Spread them around everywhere. Then, pick a slightly brighter shade of grey, and do the same thing again, and so on and so on until you progressively move up to bright white stars. The very large stars like the ones you have here should be fewer - maybe two or three, no more. Remember, stars are lightyears apart and the probability of even only two stars being so close to eachother is extremely slim.

Meh, all star formations are line of sight effects. So they can seem so close together easily if you look from the right angle.

I suggest use GIMP
it's quite powerful and FREE :]

Well good news Sometime thjis year I will be getting photoshop! Just wait until im done learning the interface.

GIMP for windows
there's more than one download mirror, if one doesn't work, try another.

exactly.

gimp2.0 almost perfect.

2.1 should be out before too long.
don't know if the windows version will be out at the same time.

I will DL it later but I thought I do up another one.

CRAPPY PROGRAM POWER!!!!!!

This is NOT gimp This is an expermant with all my colors combined into one big Nebula.

Lots of images for references on nebulae.

I like the first few. Not so sure on the last one.

Okay I tryed the gimp not really good for smugging anyway I can't have that program on school computers. (Note; I have been doing all these in study hall) So looks like I will be perfecting with my two favorate programs. Anyway I had to try to do a black hole.

/bump

These pictures do not belong on the EC, use the IC instead.

JediKirby

How do they not belong on the editors corner Kirby?

Maybe he means the two forum signatures Casper uploaded recently.