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Create stellar starburst

effects with star brushes

Use our free gift to enhance your low-light and night shots

About your free

Star Brush Pack

Your free Star Brush files are supplied

on the disc. To use them, you’ll need

Photoshop CC, or any other software that

supports .abr brush files. There are 16

brushes in total, offering a variety of

starburst lighting effects; and once

they’re installed, you can apply them

to any image with a mouse click.

Jon Adams

Jon is a professional

photographer and

writer. He also provides

one-to-one and small-

group tuition in both

digital SLR and Photoshop

image-editing skills.

f you have a light source like

a candle flame, a street lamp

or even the sun within a picture,

you can make it look far more

dramatic by having flares

streak out from it in the shape of a star. This

attractive effect occurs naturally when you

stop down your lens to a smaller aperture,

such as f/11 or f/16, but you can also ‘force’

the effect at any aperture by fitting a

‘starburst’ filter over the lens. This is a glass

or resin sheet with a pattern etched into it;

the pattern dictates how many streaks

emanate from the light sources in the picture.

To bring this traditional approach up to date

for the digital age, I’ve created a set of custom

brushes that allow you to add the effect exactly

where you want it. You can vary the number of

streaks by selecting the appropriate brush.

To keep things as flexible as possible, you

can vary the size and intensity of the bursts

with the same controls you’d use on any

brush – and best of all, the entire process

is quick, simple and intuitive.

I

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FREE

Star Brush

Pack on

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