Brilliant Shine Background
March 2nd, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing
Make two copies of the last made layer and select Free Transform option to place the copies the same way shown next picture: 
Merge Down all three layers containing the white rays (pres Ctrl button to mark out the necessary layers and press CTRL+E options). Select for the new layer this option: Filter>Blur>Motion Blur 
Select one more option for the same layer: Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur 
Use the Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool to draw that part on the ray that would be more voluminous. 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 
Make two copies of the last made layer and select Free Transform option to situate the copies above those two rays. 
The picture is finished!
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annessia
30/07/2010
where is the rest of this tutorial, it has stopped at gradient paramaters?
corvus
10/08/2010
try the “Post Pages” links at the bottom under the ads, the tut is paginated.
goot tut, nice effect, and not too over the top.