Zipper369

Did you download it because it dosen't com with Paint.NET. Once you do, copy the plugin file (.dll) to your Paint.NET/Effects folder and restart Paint.NET. Then go to Effects>Distort and it should be right there "Sphere..."

Vorlock, I can't see how the planet looks from the small picture but if you already have the planet then just duplicate the layer, zoom blur it a bit, then change the layer's blending mode until it looks right.

Here's a link to a tutorial I made on how to do that. Similar and probably the same method but I used less asteroids. http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=26117#26117

I got bored so I tried to make the earth explode. It's not all that great but I figured you all would want to see.