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Digital Star Effect - Page 3

By Denny Tang Feb 06, 2012

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The Star Effect

In this section, we'll add the star effect. This is done using the motion blur filter.

Step 11

Duplicate the top layer twice (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).

You should now have a total of 5 layers.

Step 12

Activate the top layer and apply a Motion Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Motion Blur). Set the angle to 45º and the distance to 100 pixels.

Using the Motion Blur filter.

Step 13

Apply an Auto Levels (Image> Adjustments> Auto Levels or Shift+Ctrl+L).

After apply Auto Levels, the motion blur effect should be more visible.

Step 14

Now we're going to do the same steps againusing a different Motion Blur angle on a different layer. Activate the layer below (Layer 1 copy 2) and apply a Motion Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Motion Blur). Simply type a "-" sign in front of the 45º and click OK.

Using the Motion Blur filter on the layer second from the top.

Step 15

Apply an Auto Levels (Image> Adjustments> Auto Levels or Shift+Ctrl+L).

The star effect is now complete.

Step 16

Add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Brightness/Contrast) and adjust the settings to get the results you want.

Increasing contrast using a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer.



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