How would you do this "star burst" tutorial but have transparent backgrounds when you're finished

I been playing around with this tutorial and have a really fun project to apply it to, but I really need a transparent background so I can use it on a couple different backgrounds. I tried just selecting the backgrounds and snipping them out, but can't figure out how stop the gradient layer at top from filling the entire background. I also tried just flattening it and cutting it out. Really neither of those solution make for anything that look slick. Is there another way to do this tutorial or way to not have a background at the end? I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS4, thanks.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/light-burst/

csuebele wrote:
Yes, Trevor is correct about the antlines. They are only an average of the selection. There are lots of ways to create burst effects like this. You could smooth out the jagged lines with a slight radial blur. The only problem with it is that you either have to have what you want to blur perfectly centered in you document, or attempt to guess where the center is in the very small dialog box. With the above image, I use the angle gradient tool set to noise. This give a wild multcolored gradient, which I then converted to B&W, adjusted the contrast, put in screen mode, and manually masked the areas I wanted.
Jack you have some great workflow ideas. Using the gradient tool that way was new to me, but what a great tool to have in your virtual Photoshop toolbox. I had to hunt for how to set the Angle gradient to noise, but these two links did the trick for me:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/07/exploring-photoshop%E2%80%99s-angle-gradient-tool/
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-77e1a.h tml
(Click on create noise gradients or scroll to the bottom of the screen).

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