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1. Re: Can't remember how I made simple shining sun in Photoshop CS (see attachment)
Noel Carboni Sep 25, 2011 3:31 PM (in response to sheana2002)What you described is certainly a way to do it. Just remember, after you fill the selection choose Select - Deselect (Ctrl-D) before blurring, or you won't be able to affect pixels beyond the selection.
-Noel
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2. Re: Can't remember how I made simple shining sun in Photoshop CS (see attachment)
Noel Carboni Sep 25, 2011 3:40 PM (in response to sheana2002)Another, more sophisticated way to do it, and which will allow you to adjust the blur in either direction would be to add the sun as a vector mask by using the Ellipse Tool, then adjusting Feather to taste in the MASKS panel.
1. Choose a sky blue foreground color, then create your sky blue background e.g., by using the Paint Bucket Tool.
2. Choose a yellow foreground color, and activate the Ellipse Tool in the toolbox. Make sure Shape Layers is selected in the options area in the Photoshop main window.
3. Draw your sun, holding down the shift key to keep the ellipse a perfect circle.
4. Make the MASKS panel visible via Window - Masks.
5. Dial in the Feather that you like for softening the edges.
-Noel
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3. Re: Can't remember how I made simple shining sun in Photoshop CS (see attachment)
sheana2002 Sep 25, 2011 3:44 PM (in response to sheana2002)Noel, I don't know how to thank you.....that's what I did wrong - I didn't Deselect the circle! You are a godsend. Thank you so much!
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4. Re: Can't remember how I made simple shining sun in Photoshop CS (see attachment)
sheana2002 Sep 25, 2011 3:46 PM (in response to Noel Carboni)I like your more sophisticated method better! And thanks for the wonderful graphic!



