Step 16

Go to Select > Color Range and using the Eyedropper Tool, select the white color by clicking on some of the white particles in your photo. Set the Fuzziness to 200, go to Select > Select and Mask, and choose the following settings:

Step 17

Now hide this layer, go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer, and name it Temp_2.

Step 18

Set the foreground color to #ffffff, go to Edit > Fill, and set Contents to Foreground Color, Mode to Normal, and Opacity to 100% as shown below. Then, press Control-D on your keyboard to deselect the selection.

Step 19

Now Right-click on the Temp_1 layer and choose Delete Layer. Then, select the Temp_2 layer and press Control-J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer. After that, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 2.5 px as shown below:

Step 20

Press Control-J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer again, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 5 px as shown below. Then, press Control-J on your keyboard once more, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 9.5 px as shown below:

Step 21

Now press Control-J on your keyboard twice to duplicate this layer twice. Then, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 55 px as shown below:

Step 22

Press Control-J on your keyboard twice again to duplicate this layer two more times. Then, Shift-click on the Temp_2 layer to select all layers between, and then press Control-E to merge them into one layer.

Step 23

Name this layer Sparkles_2 and drag it just below the Sparkles_1 layer in the Layers panel.

Step 24

Now Control-click on the Sparkles_1 layer to select both layers at the same time. Then, go to Layer > New > Group from Layers to create a new group from the selected layers, and name it Sparkles.