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Digital Star Effect Photoshop Tutorial
Creating the Dots - Part One
First, we'll transform a photo into a series of circles. This is done by combining several filters.
Step 1
Open an image to edit.

Step 2
Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).

Step 3
Select the new layer and apply a Mosaic filter (Filter> Pixelate> Mosaic) with a Cell Size of 8 square.

Step 4
Apply a Find Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges).

Step 5
Apply a Median filter (Filter> Noise> Median) with a Radius of 2 pixels.

Step 6
To reduce the size of the dots, we'll use the Maximum filter (Filter> Other> Maximum) to enlarge the white areas. Use a Radius of 1 pixel.
10 comments on “Digital Star Effect”
thak you. i'am korean
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WTF IS THIS!
Great Work!
Really an amazing tutorial. Step by Step tutorial and easy to understand. Great Work.
Is it meant to stop at step 7? Because that doesn't look like what it does at the top
Magnificent, Tks!
superb
Great tutorial, very useful. I made some festive textures with this technique. Thanks!
Great tutorial, very useful. I made some cool textures with this method. Thanks!