Set of Star Brushes

It is almost Christmas and what would Christmas be without any stars? I thought I would dive in and design several stars and put them all in one easy-to-access brush file.
You can download the file for free right here:

JAM_StarBrushSet.zip

You can place the stars anywhere on your designs and lay-outs, use them singular or have them trail a line that you draw with the mouse or pen.

To use the brushes, download the file, unzip the file to a folder where you keep your extra brushes. Keeping brushsets seperate from the Presets folder of the PhotoShop folder will help to keep loading time of the software reasonable.


Star Frame

To make a border around a picture, follow these steps:
Select the Brush Tool and load the Star Brush set and select a star.

Use these settings in the Brushes Panel:
Tip Shape: size 160 pixels, Spacing 94 % or higher

Shape Dynamics: Size Jitter: 68 %
Min. Diameter 8%

Scattering: Scatter: 20%

Color Dynamics: Hue Jitter 5%
Saturation Jitter: 3%
Brightness Jitter: 4%

Check Smoothing (= default setting)

1. Drag two guides drom each side to the place where you want the frame or border to be, these will act like your visual aids.

2. Add a new layer in the Layers Palette and make this layer active.

3. With the Brush Tool selected, place the cursor in one corner, hold down the Shift key and click on the next corner of the frame. You will now have one line with stars.

Keep the Shift key down and click on the next corner. Another line is drawn. Repeat untill all sides are done.

4. Press Ctrl + H to hide the guides.

There is so much more to do with these brushes. Go and have some fun!