I have to recreate a "starburst" for a graphic and am not sure how to do it and where to start.
Attached is an image of the type of starbrust I am trying to recreate.
Or Illustrator "brush"? Using Illustrator CS5 for the PC.
How would you go about producing this starburst effect in Adobe Illustrator or photoshop? [URL] ....
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View 3 Replies View Relatedwhen I got to stage 8, I got stuck somehow. I selected the whole image and clicked crop, but when I clicked clt-alt click on starburst layer, and following by the clt-shift-I,there was a warning that popped up saying no pixels selected. I am stuck at here and have tried all ways countless times. Cld someone kindly help me out or are there any images to follow the tutorial at step 8 so that I can better understand it? What is the starburst layer?? The black one? Or the transparent one!!
View 5 Replies View RelatedCtrl/Cmd-Click the 'starburst' layer, then press Ctrl+Shift+I (MAC: Cmd+Shift+I) to invert the selection. Create a New Layer and fill the selection with white, then Deselect. Now fill the Background layer with black. And you can now delete the original black layer with the transparent starburst on it; the one we started with. You can now also give your new white starburst layer a proper name - "starburst".
I hit Ctrl-Click (I don't have a Cmd key), but nothing happens. I make a new layer, try to fill it with white, nothing.
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I am looking for information on how to make a "realistic" starburst so that I can place it behind my red light bulb lens to make it look it is REALLY bright with light rays spraying out to the sides...
I have attached a .png file of the image I am tyring to apply the starburst to... I don't know where to start.....
Does anyone know how to make a starburst effect with a transparent background.
I've attached a .jpg with a white starburst where the background is black. Is there anyway to leave only the white starburst with a transparent background?
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Any innovative approach to creating the starburst effect like the effect in the image above? Blend tool? Clone, rotate, repeat?
Does anyone know of a tutorial or a site that may explain how to do this? I dont mind redrawing the graphic, but i would like vector graphic made.
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Here is a screen shot at 100%
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