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From: Joe Angell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Nebulae, misty starfields,glowing dots and other cool stuff
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> On the Amiga I have found that fractal `plasma` can look really good as
> nebulae, not sure if these programs are available on other machines though.
> I use the Plasma loader in Photogenics to get the initial plasma, then
> convert that to greyscale, apply a tint (say blue or pink) and then add a
> small amount of motion blur to the image which appears to give more
> structure to the final picture.
>
> In the Layout editor I then apply it as an image map and a luminosity map so
> that it appears to glow. Alternatively, if you are working on still pictures
> you can simply apply the image as a background picture and it will look fine.

I think they call Plasma "Difference Clouds" in PhotoShop -- one of the
filters.  Has some neat effects...  that might work, too.

-- Joe
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