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I always wanted to make a background like this but I could never find a tutorial on this. I also do not know what the effect is called so it makes it even harder for me to find.

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This is the effect I am talking about, at the background. Does anyone know whats it called, or does anyone have a tutorial on this?

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"Starburst" tutorials:

Examples of Starburst effect

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And if you want the fade-out effect for the outer regions of the lighter color, add a radial gradient with alpha 0 in the middle and the darker color at the edges. –  marcusw Apr 11 '10 at 17:49
This image is broken. Do you have the original that you could reupload? –  8088 Sep 20 '11 at 6:03
Thanks @hyperslug! –  8088 Sep 21 '11 at 1:49
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Granted that you want to do it in Photoshop, but you can also create the effect in GIMP with the Line Nova filter (Filters > Render > Line Nova...) ("Fill a layer with rays emanating outward from its center using the FG color"). It helps to make a small alteration to the script (line-nova.scm) to make it more useful by changing the "40" in:

  SF-ADJUSTMENT _"Number of lines"     '(200 40 1000 1 1 0 1)

to something like "10":

  SF-ADJUSTMENT _"Number of lines"     '(200 10 1000 1 1 0 1)

This would widen the filter's default range of lines (by extending the bottom end) to enable you to produce something more closely resembling your screenshot.

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