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Andrew's Vector Plug-ins 22 'Starburst'
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Requirements: Windows 7 + Windows Vista + Windows XP + MAC OS X 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 (Intel/PowerPC) G4 G5 Adobe ® Illustrator® CS4 CS3 + CS2 + CS1 + 10
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The stars below are only a small percentage of the possible star designs that can be created using the plugin design.
Creates stunning starburst designs based on the current fill and stroke color settings
Star can be used to create one star or used to combine multiple starbursts, perfect for creating unique star designs and 3D designs
The plugin is spread over multiple panels, each panel includes many superb options for creating unique star designs from subtle to extreme star designs. The panels include options for color effects, shadow features, sketch options, multi-star factors and much more
The stars are all paths and can be further manipulated within Illustrator, applying different styles, strokes, color designs and more
Many different stars can be created from thin starbursts to thick chisel starbursts to flower starbursts. The plugin comes with a wide range of point manipulation and shape design features to create curved and warped stars. Many different starburst modes and star shade designs and repeat design options
The plugin can be used to create stunning star themed backgrounds
The plugin comes with sketch features to create scratchy / sketchy hand-drawn star designs
The plugin comes with shadow features to create excellent drop shadows, shadows filled with current color, faded shadows, and scaled shadows.
Patterns can be created via the pattern feature, taking into account shadow and color and position (but no warp). Many different pattern designs / tiles. Modify pattern center, distance from center to create 1000s and 1000s of stunning tile designs.
Comes with a wide range of transformation features to rotate and scale the star elements
Can be used to create colorful star designs, use swatches to create say a blue themed star
Comes with a wide range of factors to create pulsed stars, vanishing stars, darkening stars and more
Superb for creating embossed and 3D stars
Powerful plugin that can be used for millions and millions of different designs, patterns, manga designs and illustrations. Easy to use with many different presets as well as randomization and experimentation features to create truly unique wow stars.
Place the plugin in the plug-in path of Illustrator.
The star plug-in comes with a large selection of presets for ease of use.
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Design below was created by selecting the initial color of red and then using the fill color settings for subsequent star layers (offset to create an emboss effect). This is also a quick and easy preset
The path above is a standard path and can have live effects such as blur and 3D bevel applied to it as a vector
The path can also be combined with new paths or even combined with multiple copies of the same star design. The example below shows three of the same paths combined but the paths have been scaled and layered on top of each other and slightly rotated to show the emboss design
The example below shows a slight modification from one of the many presets. The plug-in comes with presets and though they create interesting designs in themselves they are also useful as a starting point for exploration of the many 1000s of possible star designs. The design uses three layers of offset star paths along with a reduction in the color from layer to layer
The plug-in can be useful for creating many different star designs but it is also useful as a source for unique frame designs. Simply select the entire star, apply the pathfinder command to create an entire path and then remove the center, re-color as require and then use as a framing device or mask
The stars can be applied on their own but the stars can also be combined with other paths, see example below
The plug-in can even be used to create non-star themed designs by using some of the random features. Set the number of stars to create to greater than one and then set the random center option + random colors + random types of designs (and a few others for good measure) and many abstract colorful designs can be created.
