So now you have a basic starfield, but this is very boring so lets spice it up a bit. At this point I would recommend saving your work as a .pspimage. The next few steps may take a few times to get your desired effect. Select your eraser and start erasing parts of both the "large stars" and "small stars" layers. There is no wrong or right way to do this. Be as random as possible and use an eraser brush with crisp edges as you dont want half erased stars. Also you should see less large stars than small ones so really destroy the "large stars" layer.

Your starfield should be looking pretty sad at this point so flatten your image Layers > Merge > Merge All (visible) grab your "Clone" tool and get creative. Again there is no right or wrong way to do this, much like nature its random. This is where you will tell the story of your starfield with dark spaces and star clusters. A few guidelines would be not to clone stars from the edge of your image, or do not clone stars close to your source, and finally try setting the "Blend Mode" of the "Clone" tool to both normal and screen this will give the starfield more depth.

Once your happy with your new starfield its time to add some color. Duplicate the layer Layers > Duplicate name it "star glow". Then Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur set it somewhere between 8 - 12. Change the "star glow" layer to "Screen" Layers > Properties > Blend Mode: Screen. To pick your color go to Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize, just move the sliders around till your happy. If you feel you need more color you can repeat this step but maybe change the "Gaussian Blur" settings lower.

By this time you should have a pretty nice starfield, but if you want to take it to the next level try to add some stardust and bright stars. Again there is no one way to make stardust. Create a new layer grab yourself a fuzzy brush set to "Screen" with the opacity about 20%. Try to use a few different shades of color. I found it easyer to go crazy and then come back with the eraser to remove what is needed. As far as a few larger stars I just used a round tip brush of various sizes with the "Hardness" set to zero.

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