I am going to help you explore the universe called Photoshop and I can't help but have a little fun along the journey. So to kick off our time together we are going to create a lightspeed starfield in 3 steps. In the famous words of the captain Engage!
Press the "D" key to reset the foreground and background colors.
Press "X" to set the background to black.
Start with a new document and choose background color (black). Any size will work, but I chose 200 X 200pixels and RGB color space.
Now go Edit>Fill or the shortcut Shift Delete. The fill menu will pop up.
For contents choose white. Change the mode to dissolve and the opacity to 5%
Press OK
Now I bet that's been the easiest you ever created a starfield!
Lets go to warp speed now. Filter>Blur>Radial blur
Set it to zoom and the amount to 10.
We basically have our effect now. Just like the observation deck of the Enterprise. Ok Well almost J
Just for a little effect add a lens flare. Filter>render>lensflare. Use the default setting and just move it to the left and up a bit, hit ok and there we have it.
About the Author:
Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer
who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning
photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is
founder of the world's most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts more than two million visitors.
With over 10 years of experience in the design industry, Colin was formerly Senior Editor and Art Director for VOICE magazine. He is a regular columnist for Photoshop User magazine, PlanetPhotoshop.com, and the official site of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals. He also contributes to a number of other graphic art publications and Web sites, such as Mac Design magazine, Web Designer magazine and Computer Arts Magazine.
Colin's graphic design work has been recognized with numerous awards,
including the Guru awards at Photoshop World 2001 and 2002, for his
work in both Illustration and Web Design. He's authored or co-authored
more than ten books on Photoshop, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2003) and award-winning Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips (A Press/Friends Of Ed, 2002). Colin is also creator of the Photoshop Secrets Video training series (PhotoshopCD.com).
He is in high demand across the United States as a lecturer, presenting
his Photoshop techniques to Web designers and other graphics
professionals across the nation.
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