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Originally Posted by Dr Nick
Thanks.
I would be able to say a bit more than nice image a little more often if you guys didn't take so many wonderful images, i can hardly get through them all.
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Yeah, I know what you mean... and a lot of the time everyone else has stolen your superlatives before you even found the thread!!! I know that happens to me!
Oh... and BTW... Nice image, Nick!
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Originally Posted by Dr Nick
Also, while I'm asking, can anyone tell me how to make diffraction spikes in PS? I have seen them added before and I think if done correctly, they can make an image more wonderful.
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I found a tutorial on the web recently about this, but I can't find it again ATM
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The gist of it though was that you can make your own brush shape to do this like this (roughly)
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Create a new image file say with a black background, pretty square say about 200 to 400 pixels per side.
Draw a white horizontal line across the middle so the length of the line is say 1/2 the length of 1 side of the image. Experiment with different width lines too for different effects - I think 3 pixels wide works well.
I think you use motion blur with the direction of the blur parallel to the line to extend and taper the line. Have a play till it looks good.
Now copy the layer that has the line in it, and then rotate the new layer 90°.
It should look like a pair of square diffraction spikes now.
Flatten the image so it's all in one layer.
Invert the image so it's a black cross on a white background and then save it as a custom brush. Use the [ and ] keys to decrease and increase the brush size.
I've attached an example of the one I made...
Al.