In this tutorial I will teach you how to create a Shiny Sun

shiny sun

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Start out by creating a 500 x 500 pixels document.

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Press D

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Draw a circle using this tool:

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Now go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. Now you should have something like this:

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Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels

you should now have something like this:

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go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask,Set amount to 50%, Radius to 3.0, Threshold to 15. Now you should have something like this:

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Now go to Filter > Distort > Spherize. Set the amount to 100 %, you should now have something like this:

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Repeat the last step but change the amount to 50%, Now you should have something like this:

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Now go to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance,use these settings:

Now you should have something like this:

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Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask

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Final Result: