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  • Starburst and star and 3D star design plug-in for Illustrator®
  • Creates flowers, rounded star designs, warped star designs, sharp edge star designs, abstract star designs & multi-stars
  • Plug-in for 3D star effects and embossed stars
  • Tiling features included and multi-star feature
  • Includes many star fill and stroke settings to create embossed and 3D designs and smooth star designs and many others
  • Create scratchy and sketchy hand drawn stars
  • Bonus: Star symbols
  • 22.4 November 1st 2008
  • Updates: please contact support@graphicxtras.com

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

 

PC demo (the demo is currently not for CS4)

OS X demo (the demo is currently not for CS4)

Manual/Documentation PDF

Screenshot set 1

Screenshot set 2

Examples 123

 

Additional examples of Illustrator starburst plug-in in use

 

The stars below are only a small percentage of the possible star designs that can be created using the plugin design.

 

 

Starburst colors

Creates stunning starburst designs based on the current fill and stroke color settings

 

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Single star or multi-stars

Star can be used to create one star or used to combine multiple starbursts, perfect for creating unique star designs and 3D designs

 

 

Multi-panels

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

 

 

Star paths

The stars are all paths and can be further manipulated within Illustrator, applying different styles, strokes, color designs and more

 

 

Starburst shapes / bursts

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

 

examples of starburst plugin in Illustrator CS2 CS 10 - plug-ins 3D designs

 

Star backgrounds

The plugin can be used to create stunning star themed backgrounds

 

 

Star sketch

The plugin comes with sketch features to create scratchy / sketchy hand-drawn star designs

 

 

Shadow stars

The plugin comes with shadow features to create excellent drop shadows, shadows filled with current color, faded shadows, and scaled shadows.

 

 

Star patterns

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.

 

examples of starburst plugin in Illustrator CS2 CS 10 - plug-ins 3D designs

 

 

Transformation

Comes with a wide range of transformation features to rotate and scale the star elements

 

 

Swatches

Can be used to create colorful star designs, use swatches to create say a blue themed star

 

 

Different stars

Comes with a wide range of factors to create pulsed stars, vanishing stars, darkening stars and more

 

 

3D

Superb for creating embossed and 3D stars

 

 

examples of starburst plugin in Illustrator CS2 CS 10 - plug-ins 3D designs

 

 

Manga

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.

 

 

Easy to install

Place the plugin in the plug-in path of Illustrator.

 

 

Presets

The star plug-in comes with a large selection of presets for ease of use.

 

 

Trademarks

Adobe and Illustrator are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated

 

 

Tutorial images

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

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com

 

The path above is a standard path and can have live effects such as blur and 3D bevel applied to it as a vector

 

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com

 

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

 

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com

 

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

 

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com

 

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

 

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com

 

The stars can be applied on their own but the stars can also be combined with other paths, see example below

 

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com

 

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.

 

starburst plug-in effect for Illustrator - examples by graphicxtras.com