Starburst Pattern Paper

This tutorial will show you how to make a paper with a starburst pattern in Paint Shop Pro.

1.  Open up a new canvas.  Mine is 3600 x 3600 at 300 dpi for a full size paper.

2.  Fill the canvas with a color using the Fill Bucket.

3.  Create a new layer (Layers > New Raster Layer).

4.  Use the custom selection tool to create a 3600 x 200 selection in the center of on the new layer.

Left = 1600
Right = 1800
Top = 0
Bottom = 3600

5.  Fill the selection with a contrasting color.

6.  Ctrl + D to select none.

7.  Use the Pattern effect (Effects > Reflection Effects > Pattern) to create vertical stripes.  Create as many stripes as desired.  I chose 9 stripes.

Horizontal offset = 0
Vertical offset = 0
Rotation angle = 0
Scale factor = 1
Number of columns = 9
Number of rows = 3
Horizontal shift = 0
Vertical shift = 0

8.  Finish by using the Polar Coordinates deformation (Effects > Distortion Effects > Polar Coordinates) to create the starburst.

Rectangle to polar = Checked
Edge mode = Wrap

Advent Alpha 19

Here are some more minty Mickey heads because I tried a few different variations.

Advent Alpha 19

Advent Alpha 18

These Mickey letters looked really cute individually.  I'm not sure they look good en masse.

Advent Alpha 18

Advent Alpha 17

Here is a second neon alpha because I happened to like the color.

Advent Alpha 17

Advent Alpha 16

As you can see, I'm running out of good ideas.  This always happens during my attempt to make 24 alphas.  The ones in the middle are never very good.  Please feel free to make some suggestions.

Advent Alpha 16

Advent Alpha 15

Here are some poinsettias for Day 15. 

Advent Alpha 15

Advent Alpha 14

Here is the lower case for yesterday's alpha.

Advent Alpha 14

Advent Alpha 13

This is another alpha that I played around with last year, but didn't end up sharing it.  You can get the lower case for this alpha tomorrow.

Advent Alpha 13

Advent Alpha 12

Here is something a little different, but still festive.  I was thinking people might be able to use it for New Year's celebrations.

Advent Alpha 12

Advent Alpha 11

I don't know if anyone has noticed, given how few visitors I have, but direct links have been enabled for today's download.  I don't know if I'm going to convert my older links to direct download as it seems like a lot of work.

Advent Alpha 11