- Adjust the levels. In the Adjustments panel, set the first numeri-
cal value, on the far left, to 56. Press the Tab key twice and set
the third value to 62. As you can see in Figure 7-44, you now
have a starfield, like the one used in The Empire Strikes Back or
the only slightly less famous Lesson 5 of this book.
Figure 7-44.
But better still, you can edit it. Some options:- You can double-click the Gaussian Blur entry in the Layers
panel, and adjust the Radius in the Gaussian Blur dialog
box to make the stars bigger or smaller. - Click the Stars layer and adjust the Levels settings in the
Adjustments panel if you want to make the stars brighter
and more plentiful or dimmer and more scarce.
When you have the stars the way you like, choose File→Save
to update your file.
- Create a new pattern. Stars aren’t the only magic this new file
can create. You can use the same two smart filters and turn
them into a stucco pattern. Start by clicking the next to the
Stars layer to turn it off. Click the Base layer to make it active.
Choose Filter→Stylize→Emboss. In the Emboss dialog box,
ignore the Angle value, set the Height to 3, and set the Amount
to 300. Click OK. - Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment. Choose Layer→New Ad-
justment Layer→Hue/Saturation. Name the layer “Color” and
click OK. In the Adjustments panel, turn on the Colorize check
box, and set the Hue and Saturation values to whatever you
like. I recommend 30 and 15, respectively, but you may have
different tastes in imaginary digital paint.
254 Lesson 7: Sharpening and Smart Objects