Make Christmas Spirit in Photoshop

In this article we will transform a simple photo to a very nice hot christmas image by adding some stars shine around the photo. This is a very beautifil effect, with no add-on plugin.The image that we are going to use is the following:

Original Photo.

Follow the steps:

1. Ctrl - J to copy the layer. Name it "original-copy".
2. Click on the new layer "original-copy" and add a new mask with the small bottom button "Add a layer mask". As you can see, a new white mask is added next to our layer. 
3. Click on the white mask.
4. Go to Image > Apply Image. Click the Ok with the default settings.
5. Make a copy of the "original-copy" by pressing Ctrl - J.
6. Group these 2 copied layers by selecting them and pressing Ctrl - G.
7. Rename the group to "Stars" by double clicking on the group folder.
8. Expand the group "Stars"
9. Select the first layer.
10. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur . Give an angel to 40 and a distance to 800. Click ok.
11. Select the second layer.
12. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur . Give an angel to -40 and a distance to 800. Click ok.
13. Select the first layer.
14. Change the blending mode to "Screen"
15. Select the second layer.
16. Change the blending mode to "Screen"
17. Select the first layer
18. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask Amount=100, Radius=20, Threshold = 0
19. Select the second layer.
20. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask Amount=100, Radius=20, Threshold = 0
21. If you want to change the colors of the stars go to Image > Adjustments > Hue-saturation
22. Collapse the Group "Stars"
23. Add a new layer mask on the group "Stars" Click on the mask
24. Select the brush. Be sure to have black foreground and a white background. Turn the opacity to 70%. 
25. Brush the picture wherever you do not want to have stars. 
26. That is all. 

Final Image.


One more example:

Happy Christmas to everyone!!!