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...
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Retro Stars
Create Retro Stars that give that 80's-effect!
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Step 1 Search your shapes database of Photoshop for this funny star;

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Step 2 Turn it a little bit to the left;

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

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Step 6 Then again, but the light color;

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

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


Cgbaran Tuts
April 25th, 2009
Great tutorial. Its featured on Cgbaran Tuts
Aravind
March 31th, 2009
It's cool dude.... actually i was searching for this tutorial. Finally got here.. thanks a lot!!! :)
joean
January 3th, 2009
soo is this photoshop?
but pretty awesome!
Riyaz
October 22th, 2008
photoshop
randomstuden
October 22th, 2008
definetly worth the time
Anonymous
September 3th, 2008
Quite time consuming, but good effect. Well worth the effort you have to put into it. :)
Shinden
September 1th, 2008
cool but looks difficult
MickM
April 29th, 2009
Hey wow awesome, Cgbaran!
Thanks a bunch!