Starburst
Create yet another fantastic looking star burst effect using filters.

author:
  Ryan
title:
  Starburst
date:
  Thu 11 March 2004
category:
  Photoshop Filter Effects
credits:
 


Apply Difference Clouds Effect

Make a 400x400 document. Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white. Go to Filter>Render>Difference Clouds and press CNTRL+F one time.



Add Lens Flare

Now we want to apply some lens flares, go to Filter>Render>Lens Flare. Make as much flares as you want, they will be the glowing star bursts, so the more the better =). I used this many:





Radial Blur

Now apply Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and use these following settings:





Hue settings

Now press CNTRL+U and apply these Hue settings:





Duplicate the layer

Now duplicate the layer and set Screen blending mode to the duplicated layer:



Your done, heres my starburst effect:




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