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Light Burst Effect

Digital Imaging
Teacher: Ken Kimura
email: ken_kimura at lsrhs dot net
telephone: (978)443-9961 XT2221

  1. Create a new document - 800 x 600 pixels (a preset is available)

  2. Set background color to white (option delete with white as the foreground color)

  3. Set black type, large, heavy, in the middle of the page, small enough to leave space all around text. (I suggest Arial Black)

  4. Option merge visible layers (while holding down the option key, select Merge Visible from drop down menu on top right of the layers palette)

  5. Gaussian Blur new layer by 2.5 pixels (Filter menu >Blur - Gaussian Blur)

  6. Solarize (Filter menu > Stylize > Solarize) - the image becomes mostly black

  7. Auto Levels (Image menu > Adjustments > Auto Levels [Shift-Command-L])
    Rename this layer to "Solarized"

  8. Duplicate the layer

  9. Distort the new layer using Polar Coordinates (Filter menu > Distort > Polar Coordinates...) use the “Polar to Rectangular” setting
    Your text should be hanging off the top of the canvas in halves.

  10. Rotate Canvas 90 degrees Clockwise (Image menu > Rotate Canvas > 90 CW)

  11. Apply Wind Filter from the right (Filter menu > Stylize > Wind)

  12. Repeat Filter twice (Command - F, command - F)

  13. Invert black and white (Image menu > Adjustments > Invert [Command - i]) - the image becomes mostly white.

  14. Auto levels (Image menu > Adjustments > Auto Levels [Shift-Command-L])

  15. Repeat filter three times (Command - F, Command - F, command - F)

  16. Invert black and white (Image menu > Adjustments > Invert [Command - i]) - the image becomes mostly black again.

  17. Auto levels (Image menu > Adjustments > Auto Levels [Shift-Command-L])

  18. Rotate canvas Counter Clockwise 90 degrees. (Image menu > Rotate Canvas > 90 CCW)

  19. Distort Polar Coordinates (Filter menu > Distort > Polar Coordinates...) use “Rectangular to Polar” setting - Rename this layer to "Lightburst."

  20. Bring the "Solarized" layer above the "Lightburst" layer.

  21. Set layer blending mode for the Solarized layer to “Screen”

  22. Create a new layer and drag it to the top.

  23. Create an interesting color gradient through the layer

  24. Set the blending mode of the gradient layer to “color”

  25. Create a new layer - on top of all other layers

  26. Option Merge Visible to create a composite layer.