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This tutorial will show you how to create a starburst similar to that used in Anime, which can give a clean look to your PhotoShop compositions.

In this Photoshop effects tutorial, we're going to learn how to create a classic "starburst" background, the same effect you've undoubtedly seen hundreds of times in grocery stores, department stores, and in those weekly flyers that flood your mailbox. Creating the effect is easy. We'll be using Photoshop's Polygon Tool, a Solid Color fill layer, the Free Transform command, and one of Photoshop's little known but very useful features, Transform Again. Along the way, we'll learn how to find the exact center of a Photoshop document using rulers and guides, and how to make objects snap to your guides!

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HINT PAUSE: If you experiment with the Wind filter, you'll notice that it reacts oppositely for black and white. We're using black, and so the wind direction is what the option shows - "from the right". If you used this option on a white filled area though, the effect would actually be the opposite - the "from the right" option would produce wind "from the left", instead. This isn't crucial to know here, but it IS something worth noting in general.

This tutorial requires that you have basic knowledge of Photoshop CS3, I will show you how to create a starburst effect to show off to your friends. Its pretty simple:

Here we are going to add some lighting effects. Filter > Render > Lighting effects to make our star "glow" a little:

If you love digital scrapbooking and want to create alphabets Here is a photoshop tutorial for you to make some cool starbust letters.

The following steps are the procedure to give shiny starburst effect to be followed:

Select the gradient tool from the tool bar, place the cursor at the bottom of the canvas, click and drag it to the top of the canvas. Now your canvas has a black and white gradient fill.

To begin: open up shop. 1) Press CTRL + N (open new document) make the size whatever you like - I did mine 500x 500px. background white >OK

Choose a 1 pixel white stroke