making a sparkle

I've created a text image and now I want to create a "sparkle" on the corner of one of the letters. Basically a sunburst effect. I'll swear that I made one on accident in PS5, but now I can't figure out how to make one in PS6. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt.

a few different ways you could make sparkles, you say you want something like a sunburst? then this is how you make a sunburst.

-create vertical lines across your screen on a new layer any width you like

-then simply ctrl+A to select the whole layer or select wherever you made the vetical lines, then Filters>Distort>Polar Coordinates. Make sure its on "Rectangular to Polar".

thats a sunburst then just feather it off adjust transparency or blending modes as you wish the other can be done simply by making a brush with sort of an X shape to it. look around lotta tutorials.

hey i found a good tutorial on a sparkle, the way i told you yesterday is a sunburst i'm not sure if you really mean that thats what you want, if it is then great! there is a tutorial here www.screaming-art.com that is about a sparkle, this one looks a lot more like a true sparkle of of..say crystal for example. from that main page go to "learn" and then the tutorial is right in there.

goodluck, ask if you still need something.

well, if you know how to load the extra brush sets, there are 2 sparkle brushes in one of them, if no one else answers by the next time im on I will put up more precise directions.


Snore

would have edited my last post, but couldn't..

(ps6)
1. press b to get the paintbrush.
2. click the downarrow by the image of the paint brush to get a larger view of all brushes
3. click the left circle arrow to get the menu, then click on the assorted brushes it should load a whole bunch of new brushes, then look for the sparkle brushs.

Snore