This is the 2nd part of this Photoshop tutorial. Next, make a selection using one of the light blue layers, expand it by 4 pixels and fill a new layer below with an even light blue (E0FDFF). Expand the selection by 1 pixel, feather it by 4 and fill another new layer below with A9F1F6. This will create a subtle glow effect.
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Next, zoom in to 600% and create a new layer set called star 1. Create a new layer inside the layer set and use the polygonal lasso tool to create the first part of the star (image a).
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Duplicate it and then rotate it 90 degrees (edit > transform > rotate 90 degrees CW). Then create a pixel wide line on a new layer, using the rectangular marquee tool.
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Rotate it by 45 degrees and move it over the first 2 parts (image b)
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Duplicate and rotate the diagonal line (image a). Merge the star layers together and make a selection using it. Expand the selection by 1 pixel, feather it by 3 and then fill layer underneath the star with white.
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Create a new layer set and name it star 1. Place the star we just created into the layer set and then duplicate it 3 times. Name them "large", "medium" and "small". Use the transform tool to scale (edit > transform > scale) the medium star to 70% and teh small one to 30%.
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Duplicate the "star 1" layer set,name it "star 2" and resize the layer set to 70%, as shown below. Then go to [ Part 3 ] of this Photoshop tutorial.
