Levels changing with noise (for star field) on black layer

[ibclare]

I'm not sure if this is the fright place, but . . .

I am trying to crate first a basic starfield using noise to begin with. The initial step is, add noise, then levels. I got the effect I wanted in preview while applying level changes but as soon as I clicked OK, the effect disappeared and just left me with a noisier noise, but nothing like what I wanted or expected. I thought maybe if I did it as an adjustment layer I'd get better results, so I tired that, merged the levels layer down, and the same thing happened.

I was following one of the space effects tutorials and it was working for him and apparently for others on this forum. I hope someone has some ideas about what's up. Here are my results:

[iDad]

try lowering the fill opacity?

[ibclare]

That's not doing it. It's not like my life won't be complete without a star field in my portfolio (what portfolio?), but it irks me.

[ibclare]

iDad, thanks for your reply. I was working with a different tutorial and discovered the problem. The other guy's tutorial must have had a typo! He called for an add noise percent of 100 and it should have been 10. That and he specified uniform versus gaussian. Least he had the monochrome part right.

[Zeealex]

glad you sussed it out clare if it helps any try and work with a large canvas.

[ibclare]

glad you sussed it out clare if it helps any try and work with a large canvas.

done. The tutorial I was following was done wallpaper size so I did it that way.

[Zeealex]

fair dos.