Creating Sun Rays in Photoshop CS3--tutorial.jcwcn.com

This tutorial will show you how to make the typical sun rays effect using Pattern, Gradient, and Polar Coordinates techniques in Photoshop CS3

STEP 1
Begin by creating a new document, 30x30 pixels 72 dpi. Select the crop tool and change the style to Fixed Size 15x30 pixels (fig1.0). Click once on the left side of your canvas, and it will select exactly half of your image. Fill this area with the color #fff200, repeat the process on the right side, although fill the area with the color #f7941d (fig1.5)
fig1.0
fig1.5

STEP 2

Select > Edit > Define Pattern, and name it what you like. Then select the Paint Bucket tool and make sure the fill is set to Pattern (fig2.0). This process up to this point is a very useful technique that can be used in numerous situations.

fig2.0

STEP 3

Create another new document 600x600 pixels 72dpi and fill the blank area with your newly made pattern. You should see your image be filled the same as fig3.0.

fig3.0

STEP 4
Select the Gradient tool with the #f7941d color in the foreground. Select in the gradient options, color - to gradient (fig4.0). Begin dragging your Gradient tool from top to bottom, starting around 30% from the top.
fig4.0
STEP 5
Now to finish off your sun rays, select > Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates. And that is it, hopefully yours looks like fig5.0. If you found this tutorial useful please click on a sponsored link to help pay for the site.
fig5.0

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