How to pick only star image from a photo, and create a wonderful digital art in Photoshop

How to pick only star image from a photo, and create a wonderful digital art in Photoshop

   Today, I would like to show you the process of making a digital art, " Stars with a transformation" that I recently created.

Star with a transformation, 2021, Myungja Anna Koh

   The antique and luxurious vibe of the above star is actually taken from a $1.25 large star decoration purchased from Dollar Tree. Today, I am going to show you how to take an image from a photograph and turn it into digital art. 

​First, extract the star image from the photo using the Lasso tool as shown below.

 Next, you have to go Image--> Adjustments---> Levels, and then adjust the values like below.

  Adjust the level's Infinity Level value to fix the value at the point where the image becomes clearly sharp.

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If you are ready, you can use the magic wand tool on the left menu bar. You select the whole line of a star. 

And then make a mask clip like below. 

Next, you create a black layer, and then locate back to the first original layer. 

After checking the selection area of the first layer 1 like below, select layer 2 to invert the image (Shift + Ctrl + I ) and press the delete key !​

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Then, you can find the result as follow as below. 

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Now, you make another layer, layer3, and then change the color. In my case, I changed  it to purple. 

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With selecting the Layer 2, you go to Image---> Adjustments---> Levels, and then adjust the output levels 0 ---> 255 (max). 

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Copy the layer 2 by using Ctrl + J (Layer copy key).

Like a below screen, you can move it to the right slightly and then deduct the size by using the key, Ctrl + T. 

To make it look like a star is falling from the star, and you can use the Warp mode in Photoshop. (Go to Edit---> Transform--> Warp)

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For reference, you can use the Warp function to make the stars move freely. Just like a puppet.

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 ​For example, if you use this function, you can create a star running with a balloon as shown below. I uploaded it for fun.

Happy Star, 2021, Myungja Anna Koh

Finally, you can finish your artwork with the effect of lens flare for example.