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slim - October 8, 2004 03:22 PM (GMT)
Shooting star

1.open up a new document 640x480

2.Now set your foreground color to white and get your brush.
Size:100
Hardness:0

3.Create a new layer and name it base. make a circle with your brush

similar to what I have done.
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4.Now duplicate your base layer and go to Edit>Transform>Scale. Edit

your image similar to what i have done.
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Name this layer Tail.

5.Now duplicate the Tail layer and name the Tail 2 and go to

Edit>Transform>Scale.Make the width smaller like i have done.
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6.Now go to Filter>Distor>Shear
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7.Now move the layer around so it looks good wiith the base.
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8.Now duplicate your tail 2 layer and go to Edit>Transform>Flip

Horizantal and move the layer so it is semetric with the other.
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9.Now go back to your tails layer.Go to Edit>Transform>Scale.This time

make it very thin.Call this layer tail 3.
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10.Now go to Filter>Distort>Shear
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11.Now duplicate and move your tail 3 layers around so they are

similar to what i have.
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12.Now create a new layer and name this one sparkle.

13.Grab your brush agian.Size 9 and go to brushes up in the top right

corner.Use the settings below.
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14.Now take brush and brush around like I have done.
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15.Now while your still on your sparkle layer go to Filter>Blur>Motion

Blur.
Settings:
Angle=90*
Distanc=15
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16.Now save your shooting star now

17.Now Hide your black background layer and go to Layer>Merge Visible
Before Merge Visible
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After
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18.Now rename your single layer to shooting star.

19.Duplicate your shooting star layer and go back to the later under

the layer copy.

20.Go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur
settings:
angle=-90*
Distance=700

21.Merge the two layers and add some color or even some blending

options if you would like.

22.Show off your new shooting star

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Heres a wallpaper i made with shooting stars.
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Zero - October 18, 2004 02:25 PM (GMT)
wow, that looks good.

Will try it :D




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