Quote: "So the ISS photo's are now back to being legit. "
Of course the ISS photo's are legit it's a space station with photographers on it. I said that the movie looked wrong, but it turned out that the photos were edited in Photoshop. Originally I thought it was a Valve advert using the ISS photo's edited as textures on 3D objects.
Quote: "No, just no. Particle effects are not made with bendy planes an alpha. To try and simplify it to that level is beyond stupid. "
You wouldn't need particle effects if you already have the photo's.
Trying to make out that the ISS is fake has nothing to do with what I said. I said that the movie had colour banding, and editing... and it did. I said that Valve could be making an advert for Portal 3, because the movie looked edited... and it was.
I think that you jumped to the wrong conclusion. It didn't look real it was edited in Photoshop. That's all that I said.