Sparkling Stars Effect

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:44 am

Sparkling Stars Effect

I was playing around Plugin Galaxy with the snow effects & suddenly I managed to get 2 sparkling stars ( Middle & RHS in the photo) & was really pleased with them.

I am wondering aloud if there is some more in this software?

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:10 pm

I am sure you can get more of them if you change the settings. For example you can right click in the preview for a variation. You can also use the Mutate check box.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:09 am

HaraldHeim wrote:I am sure you can get more of them if you change the settings. For example you can right click in the preview for a variation. You can also use the Mutate check box.

Oh Guru,

Thank you, thank you.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:44 am

Dining with a fine wine

Yes, Plugin Galaxy is a good buy.

Highly recommended

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:57 am

If you use a layer mask and remove the stars that do not appear on the bottle or the glasses, it will look even more convincing. You can also use the Star filter and place a few stars exactly where you want them.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:43 am

HaraldHeim wrote:If you use a layer mask and remove the stars that do not appear on the bottle or the glasses, it will look even more convincing. You can also use the Star filter and place a few stars exactly where you want them.

You are right, Guru, I did not give this a thought.

I'll have to figure out your advice & give it a go.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:23 pm

I tried to read up Star Filter & managed to do it but the stars are not sparkling at all, so I gave up.

Actually the stars in Plugin Galaxy are really good in colors, sparkling- effects, sizes, etc and this is done using Plugin Galaxy.

I am not sure if I had correctly placed the stars in the right place.

Sparkling stars in our wine

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:58 pm

Looks great!

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:01 am

Thanks Guru, have a good weekend.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:47 am

HaraldHeim wrote:If you use a layer mask and remove the stars that do not appear on the bottle or the glasses, it will look even more convincing.

Guru,

I had been trying to use a layer mask & to remove the un-wanted stars but in vain.

Please give me a help.

Thanks

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:25 pm

1. Dublicate the layer.
2. Apply Plugin Galaxy to the new layer.
3. Add a layer mask.
4. Select the brush tool and make sure that black is selected as the foreground color on the tool bar.
5. Use the brush to make the stars invisible that you want removed.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:46 am

HaraldHeim wrote:1. Dublicate the layer.
2. Apply Plugin Galaxy to the new layer.
3. Add a layer mask.
4. Select the brush tool and make sure that black is selected as the foreground color on the tool bar.
5. Use the brush to make the stars invisible that you want removed.

Guru,

Thank you very much..now I see my problems....will try out later....cheers

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:45 am

Guru,

I am struck again. Here is the result.

With Starfield

Deleted some stars & lost as to the next step

4. Select the brush tool and make sure that black is selected as the foreground color on the tool bar.

I wonder which brush from the Brush Tool ?

5. Use the brush to make the stars invisible that you want removed.

Use Clear, Dissolve ---which one please?

Please assist & many thanks

YLChin

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:06 pm

There is only one brush tool in the tool bar. According to your screenshots you already selected it.

On your second screenshot the chessboard pattern is shining through. That is because you deactivated the layer beneath the top one. But otherwise it looks as if you did it.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:15 am

HaraldHeim wrote:There is only one brush tool in the tool bar. According to your screenshots you already selected it.

On your second screenshot the chessboard pattern is shining through. That is because you deactivated the layer beneath the top one. But otherwise it looks as if you did it.

OK, I just activated the layer beneath & see the problem, it's still like the first photo & the unwanted stars are back.

What is wrong?

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:06 pm

Ok, I see now. You have two layers with stars. You need to delete the "with stars" layer and activate the Background layer. You can also remove the "Background copy" layer as it is probably only a copy of the Background layer.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:28 pm

HaraldHeim wrote:Ok, I see now. You have two layers with stars. You need to delete the "with stars" layer and activate the Background layer. You can also remove the "Background copy" layer as it is probably only a copy of the Background layer.

Guru, Oh Guru,

My coconut is on strike, on strike---sigh--sigh.

You are right.

Thank you very much.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:29 am

Mr HaraldHeim,

I have problem which I meant to ask for a LONG time.

I find positioning the Single Star very difficult if the required position is not in the middle of the photo.

I cut the photo in such a way & try to position the Star but it takes a long time on trial & error basis.

Is there a quick way or short cut to position the Single Star where I want it.

Thank you for your help.

Post by **HaraldHeim** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:26 am

It is quite easy to position the star. Simply right click on the preview where you want the star. This also works for other effects of Plugin Galaxy.

It seems you forgot about it, because in the image of the wine glasses above you already did that.

YLChin · Post by **YLChin** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:40 am

HaraldHeim wrote:It is quite easy to position the star. Simply right click on the preview where you want the star. This also works for other effects of Plugin Galaxy.

It seems you forgot about it, because in the image of the wine glasses above you already did that.

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

No I did not forget, I did not do it correctly, I tried to position it by trial & errors.

Have a good week end.

YL Chin