Sparkle

Sparkle Your Text and Graphics Programs Used: Photoshop 5+ Skill Level: Basic
You can use this simple technique with any text or shape. Primarily this technique looks better with a monochrome image. However, you can easily apply this to other kinds of graphics though.
1. Open a new 400x400 canvas in Photoshop.
2. Press <D> on your keyboard to reset the colors to black and white.
3. Select the Line Tool and make sure that in the Tool's Info window the thickness is set to 10 pixels and "Anti-aliasing" is turned on.
4. We are going to create an "X" with two diagonal lines. The easiest way to do this is to create a new layer then hold down the <SHIFT> key and drag from the top right down to the bottom left and then drag from the top left down to the bottom right. Holding down the <SHIFT> key will constrain the Line tool to only creating Horizontal, Vertical or Diagonal lines. Don't worry about getting them perfect because we'll be changing them slightly anyway.
6. Select the Elipse Marquee Tool and then while holding down <SHIFT> create a perfect circle around your "X".
7. Go to SELECT >> FEATHER and enter a value of 80 pixels, then go to SELECT >> INVERSE to inverse the selection.
8. Delete the selection with your <DEL> key.
9. This has now given you your star shape but it's a little big.
10. Go to IMAGE >> IMAGE SIZE and change the width to 100 pixels or even lower. I used a setting of 50 pixels.
11. Hit <CTRL> + <A> to select the whole canvas (or go to SELECT >> ALL)
12. Go to the EDIT menu and choose DEFINE BRUSH. Give it a name (I called mine SMALL STAR).
13. Choose your paintbrush tool and from the Brush palette choose your new star shape.
14. You will now be able to use this to create sparkles on your text or objects to great effect!!!
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Sparkle Your Text and Graphics Programs Used: Photoshop 5+ Skill Level: Basic

Sparkle Your Text and Graphics
Programs Used: Photoshop 5+
Skill Level: Basic