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How to Design the Star Burst

Author: Jochen Sengier Author's URL: www.designerdrugs.be More by this author

1. Create a new document (Ctrl+N) and create a new layer by clicking Ctrl+Shift+N. Grab your Rectangular Marquee Tool and draw a whole bunch of thin lines from top to bottom while holding the Shift key

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2. Select a color of your choice and hit Alt+Backspace to fill your rectangles

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3. Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates

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4. There you go, you just created your standard Star Burst, but why stop here, lets add some fx to it to spice it up

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5. Go to Layer > Layer Style > Satin

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6. Next up is Gradient Overlay (Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay)

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Star Burst

OK, im going to stop here, be sure to try out the other layer styles and/or adjust my settings, you never know what neat effect you run into..