Retro Stars

03-01-2006 73247 views

Create this very cool retro effect that can be used on groovy templates or just on oldskool layouts. Stars are the new wave! This effect was used in the admin-signatures of v8 of the forums...

Difficulty: Elite 8 comments | Posted in Designs

Retro Stars

Create Retro Stars that give that 80's-effect!

  • Step 1 Search your shapes database of Photoshop for this funny star;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 2 Turn it a little bit to the left;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 3 We're gonna use 3 colors;
    Choose your colors first;
    We are gonna use a light version, a normal version and a dark version of your color;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 4 Make sure the star is white and start using the Polygonal Lasso-Tool;
    Click on the point of one of the spikes of the star and drag it down HOLDING SHIFT!
    Make the selection finished like mine below, then fill it with the light color;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 5 Do the same with the other spike, but then use the normal color;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 6 Then again, but the light color;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 7 And the last one must fit perfectly, and it must be filled with the dark color;

    Retro Stars

  • Step 8 Do the same with a few other stars and you will have a nice image :)

    Retro Stars

    Retro Stars



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MickM

April 29th, 2009

Hey wow awesome, Cgbaran!
Thanks a bunch!

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Cgbaran Tuts

April 25th, 2009

Great tutorial. Its featured on Cgbaran Tuts

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Aravind

March 31th, 2009

It's cool dude.... actually i was searching for this tutorial. Finally got here.. thanks a lot!!! :)

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joean

January 3th, 2009

soo is this photoshop?
but pretty awesome!

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Riyaz

October 22th, 2008

photoshop

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randomstuden

October 22th, 2008

definetly worth the time

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Anonymous

September 3th, 2008

Quite time consuming, but good effect. Well worth the effort you have to put into it. :)

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Shinden

September 1th, 2008

cool but looks difficult


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