Light Burst Effect

This tutorial will show you through use of a series of filters to create an effect that you can use for your backgrounds or header background for your webpage..

	- Start a new document (640x480) - press "D" to reset your color pallete to black and white. - Go to Filter » Render » Clouds
	- Now go to Filter » Pixelate » Mosiac Set Cell Size to 20 squares - Now apply Filter » Sharpen » Sharpen Now press CTRL+F about 5 times to reapply
	- Now go to Filter » Blur » Motion Blur Angle: 90 Degree, Distance: 999
	- Now go to Filter » Distort » Polar Coordinates select Rectangular to Polar
	- Next, go to Filter » Render » Lens Flare Brightness: 100%, Lens Type: 105mm Prime Position the lens in the center of the image
	Now apply: Filter » Distort » Ocean Ripple Ripple Size: 15, Ripple Magnitude: 5
	Use the round marquee tool and make a selection around the white glow. Then go to Select » Feather: 20px Then go to Filter » Distort » Spherize: 100% , Do it 1 more time but this time 50% Now you can deselect.
	Now apply some radial blur: Filter » Blur » Radial Blur amount: 30, Method: Zoom, Quality: Best
	Now just play with the colors, either using color balance (CTRL+B), or Hue & Saturation (CTRL+U)

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