How do I create a starfield background?

How can I create a starfield background with depth/speed of the stars?

Should I do it by hand or is there a way to use particles?

Thanks.

With stars flying at you from the center of the screen? Or with stars flying horizontally/vertically?

Vertically in the background. Like a kind of rain but with depth speed... I'm almost done with doing it by hand but I have to tweak the rate and speed. I wanted to know if that is too much and if there is a better way.

thanks.

Here is a quick attempt:

dropbox.com/s/uv1v8xhbclhijwp/Starfield.c3p

There is also a very cool effect you can try:

construct.net/en/make-games/addons/261/starfield-cycle

construct.net/en/free-online-games/starfield-effect-4155/play

Wow that addon is something out of this world...

the problem is that at the start you can see a black void... don't know how to trick that .

You can create a few hundreds of stars in random positions on the screen on start of the layout.