We have to add some Delicious clouds. The best clouds are black and white photos from space taken by weather satellites. Here is a web sight i love. http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/clouds.php They have some excellent real time pics of the entire world's cloudusphere.
Copy and past the image onto your planet. Re size it so it is roughly the same height as the planet. (Edit>Free Transform)
Remember, if the cloud image is much smaller than the planet, it is better shrink the planet down rather than enlarge the cloud image otherwise the clouds will become blurry.
Use the circle vector to delete all of the extra cloudiness.
Set the cloud layer properties to Screen, to make all of the black parts transparent. Use Brightness and Contrast to adjust if desired.
Next, make sure the planet is selected (by using the vector...again)
Apply the Spherize filter to it and set it to 100%.
It should end up looking something like this.
Move the Cloud layer underneath the Shadow and Upper Atmosphere layers.
I added another layer of clouds because i wanted my planet really cloudy.
One last little detail i like to add is a very slightly fuzzy edge around my planet to pop out a bit.
Create a new layer above the Upper Atmo layer and under the shadow layer.
Select the planet...yes, with the vector. How did you guess?
Go to Edit>Stroke. Set it to 2 to 5pt wide and make sure it is centered and apply.
Now add a 5 to 10 point Gaussian blur to the layer.
It make the edge of you planet glow a bit and make it stand out a bit.
Yay! We are Finlay done. Our planet is finally ready to be discovered by some destructive alien race.
After you're done, you can save as a flattened image and play around with the Contrast and Colors a bit.
Click on the image for full detail!
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