Starry Night Sky Effect (Photoshop CS6)

Refer to YouTube video.

Step 1. 
Create a new Blank Layer over the Image. And fill it with Black color.

Click the button and Select
"Convert to Smart Object"

Step 2.
Convert Layer to Smart Object. 
The purpose of doing this is to be able to edit filter properties applied later during the editing process.








Step 3.
Add Noise Filter.Select Gaussian and Check Monochromatic.I am keeping it at 25% but it's entirely up-to you where you would want the noise to be.

Gaussian Blur Settings

Noise Settings

Now I am going to add Gaussian Blur Filter and keep the radius at around 0.9 px. This is again upto you.
The basic aim is to make the small pixel size dots clump together.














Step 4.
Hold down the Alt button on your keyboard and Add a new Adjustment layer called "Levels".
Check the option saying " Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask."

Click OK. Then a graph would appear with black and white sliders. Bring white slider to the left and the black one towards the right. And you can see the desired effect on the photo. 

Move the sliders and see the effect and select the best one

 Step 5.
Again hold down Alt on the keyboard and this time add a Adjustment Layer called Hue/Saturation.
Check the option saying " Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask."
Click OK  
In the properties Box which just opened up check box the colorize option and Enter values,

Hue :: 212
Saturation :: 15
Lightness :: 0


Step 6.
Group all the Layers, i.e. the 2 adjustment layers and the 1 black Layer which we initially created.
Now turn off Layer visibility for the Group and now our image is in front of us.

Select area over which you don't want it.

Step 7.
On this image we select the area over which we don't want the stars to appear. Then , 
Right Click >> Select Inverse.








Step 8.
Now, make the group visible and add a Vector Mask to it.
There you are. You have just created an image with Starry skies.

The Final Image

Adding Light Burst Effect to Text

 Use the following steps to add Light Burst effect to Text and make it look way cooler.

Step 1.
Open a new Photoshop file. Set the dimensions as 600 X 800 pixels and the resolution at 72 pixels/inch.

The Settings while opening a New .psd File

Step 2.
 Add text. [Font Name - Impact ; Size - 72 pt ]

Step 3.
Resize the text by "Free Transform". (Ctrl + T). Hold down Shift on the keyboard and drag the image from the bottom right end. Holding down shift ensures that the proportions are maintained. 

Step 4.

Option to Rasterize Text Layer

Rasterize the Layer. 
[Menu Toolbar > Type >  Rasterize Type Layer]. 
After Rasterizing, hold onto CTRL button and click on the layer thumbnail.The text would be selected.

Now, click on the Channel tab next to the Layer tab 
and click "Add another Channel."
The new channel created by you would be named as Alpha 1.

The Fill Dialog Box

Step 5.
Press Shift + F5, to open the "Fill" dialog box. Select White in the "Use" drop down box,
 and set Blending mode to "Multiply."

Gaussian Blur Dialog Box

Step 6.
Click On Filter Menu >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur.
Set the radius to 4.0 pixels.












Now,we will apply another filter.
Filter >> Stylize >> Solarize

The Auto-tone Option under Image Menu

Step 7.
Now the text appears dull. So we use auto-tone.
 To use this press Shift+Ctrl+L on the keyboard.
 Duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl+J. 

Polar Coordinates Toolbar

Step 8.
Adding the Polar Coordinate filter.
Filter >> Distort >> Polar Coordinates.
Then select Polar to Rectangular.
Now rotate the image 90 Degrees clockwise. 
(Menu Toolbar :: Image >> Image Rotation >> 90 CW)

The Wind Filter Dialog Box

Step 9.
Invert the Image (CTRL+I)
Now, Apply the Wind Filter.   Filter >> Stylize >> Wind
The direction of the wind should be from the right.
This filter has to be applied 2 or 3 times. To do this use the shortcut Ctrl + F











Step 10. 

Invert the Image Again.(CTRL+I) 
Apply Auto Tone ( SHIFT + CTRL + L)
 Apply Wind Filter again for 2 or 3 times.
 (CTRL+ F)
Now, rotate the Image 90 degrees Counter Clockwise.
(Menu Toolbar :: Image >> Image Rotation >> 90 CCW)
Goto Distort and apply Polar Coordinates.
 But this time select Rectangular to Polar.

The Burst Effect has Been Applied. Now we can make it much better by applying a color gradient.





Step 11.

Create new Fill Button

To add Colors. Click on the "Create new Fill or Adjustment Layer" below the Layer tab and Second to the Left of the "New Layer" button.
In the dialog box select  the kind of gradient and the 
colors you want. 
Then apply the gradient.

The Blending  Mode Set to "Multiply"

Step 12.
After applying the Gradient, Change the Blending mode
to Multiply. [Shown in Fig. to the Right]

The Final Edited Image