This time I will share with you the 8 steps to create a light burst effect in Photoshop.

A burst gives arresting look as it denotes extreme emotions and blaring effect. Steps are easy and do not require drawing skills since Photoshop will do the work for you.

Step 1
Create a new canvass with 500pixels x 500 pixels with Black background color.

Step 2
Make another layer and create rectangle with the use of Rectangular Marquee Tool. Set the foreground color into white and fill it by pressing Alt-DEL (Windows) or Option-DEL (Mac).

Step 3
Go to Filter> Stylize>Wind and do the settings below.

Step 4
Delete the solid white part using the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Then, press Ctrl T (Windows) or Command-T (Mac) to transform.

Step 5
Go to Image>Rotate Canvass>90 degrees CCW

Step 6
Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates. Tick on Rectangular to Polar.

Step 7
Then to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. Do the setting shown below.

Step 8
Pick the Elliptical Marque Tool to make a circle in the middle. Select Modify>Feather then fill it.

You can also try different background colors. Experiment and have fun!

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