These are some brushes that I use regularly. They are used to add realism to the images I create by simulating the aberrations created by the lens of a camera when capturing an image.

Starburst

These are 3 different styles of Starbursts in 2 sizes, small and large. The small brush is 200 pixels wide and the large is 600 pixels wide. I work mainly in print media so I sized these for that purpose. You can however adjust the size in the brush palette to suit your needs.

The 3 different styles are thin, medium and heavy which represent the intensity of light reflecting off an object. Below is an example of each.



Here is the original image.

Thin Starburst	Medium Starburst	Heavy Starburst

I used 100% white in the normal blending mode.
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Flare and Ping

The Flare and Ping brushes are basicly the same. They only differ in shape. Here are examples of the Flare and Ping brushes.



Here is the original image

Flare	Ping

I used 100% white in the normal blending mode.
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Sparkles!

Just as the name implies, this brush adds sparkles to an image.

Original image	Sparkles!

I used 100% white in the normal blending mode.
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Glitter

This is the only brush that I would recomend using a color with. For my example image, I selected a very pale blue as my foreground color, and a vivid, deep blue as my background color. The brush will automaticaly vary the brightness and hue to create the effect.

Original Image	Glitter	You should use this brush in combination with the Sparkles! and other brushes.

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