explosions of light Options

[ecargnmyst]

ive seen these pictures where there is light radiating from the person's head...like those pictures of jesus and the light radiating behind him.....then theres also another picture where the light is radiating from the edge of the picture and reaching towards the ppl in the picture....kind of like
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/ | \ ....yes...like a sun sort of...cept the circle is the person...and then light...
and the inverse of that drawing...where the light goes twds the circle..

and kind of like spirited freak sig here
..just Ctrl+F spiritedfreak....(im afraid to C+P the sig b/c i hear ppl get mad if u do O.o)
so in the sig....theres like...kind of explosions of purple light...so how do u do that in photoshop cs?

[edit] and i kinda mean like this the picture for "recent photos" the rays of light thing..yup

ooo..i think i found an example of what i was talking about...

[ecargnmyst]

Put a lens flare BEHIND the person. -whistle-
Layer with Background (this is where the lens flare goes) -> Layer with person.

hm. yes. it is lens flare...but w/o the extra circle of light around it...any way to only get the starry light ray thing w/o decreasing the size? and how would i inverse the light ray thing? so instead of going out...it goes from the edges and reaches in..b/c ive seen pictures w/ that effect and it looks so cool lol
and gotnoheart...that doesnt really work =\ all im getting is a big blotch of color O.o...are light rays sposed to come out or something?
aznpeacemaker...ill post a better example

there...example at top

i was talking about the circled part of the "recent photos" picture...where there r rays of light or something reaching in...then in spiritedfreaks...the stuff is everywhere...the center of the avatar..the rays of going outwards..and in the sig..theyre reaching in..that what i was talking about..so anyone know how to do those..=\?