Does anyone know of a good plugin (or whatever) to create a shine effect? Something similar to a star. But not as plain. Something that can make an eye twinkle or a sword sparkle? I know someone at this god sent site has the answer I'm desperatly seeking. Come on guys and gals, help a newbee out, please?

Oh yeah, some kind of shine mark or twinkle like one can achieve in Vue d'esprit. If that helps describe my querry.

You can try Lensflare in Filter - Render - Lensflare Or you can try oone of the brushes that come with photoshop, there are some that fit perfectly for what you're trying to achieve. Just do it one a separate layer and then you can even blur it a little so it's not as crisp. Hope this help.

http://www.frischluft.com look under the flair set of filters. they have some good stuff.

make a new layer use the pencil tool to make a cross in the colour of your choice - make it longer than you need in the center use a diffuse setting in the paintbrush to add a dob of 'glow' use the eraser on a diffuse setting (I use the default '45' brush) to erase the cross from step one back a bit to give it feathered edges rotate about 50 degrees or so move into position on your pic! see my gallery for examples of this - eg "Red Monika" or "Magdalena" on page 2-ish by now

Thanks guys. SeanE, your pics are impressive, as I can tell they were done IRL, as opposed to being 100% computer generated. Not that poser,bryce,vue,ect art isnt art. But I always have a soft spot in my heart for the old fashioned pen and paper art. I love it all though. I just suck at digital art due to the vast anmount of money one seems to need to spend just to cloth the models. It's a racket. But the software artists and programming isnt easy , so they desearve their $15 for that victoria bra and panty set I suppose. It's just expensive. Thanks again and keep rendering.

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