Exploding planet

Here is another tutorial that shows you how to create an exploding planet.

With this tutorial, we will be working photos of dried cracked mud, so go to Google images and search for "dried mud" or "cracked mud". It works best on pictures with birds eye view (direct view from top) so we can see the cracks. Alternatively, you can use any of the images below. Please note that the steps may differ if your image is significantly different to the one im using in this tutorial, so experiment :)

I'll be working on the 2nd image. Base on that image, I start a new document 640x480.

Now open the mud image up, on the dirt image, do a CTRL+A to select all, then go to the new document you just created and press CTRL+V to paste the image.