First time trying one of my Tutorials? Then please check my Terms of Use before you continue You will need: Font of your choice - I used one called Bony Bones Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Daniel Esparza License & Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet
Filters: Mura's Meister/Copies VM Extravaganza/Transmission Xenofex 2/Constellation L en K/Elvida
Ok let's begin Open a New Image 600x250 Go to your Tube image ... Edit> Copy Go back to your blank canvas ... Edit> Paste As New Layer Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Wallpaper rotate ... default settings
Crop image 600x250 Adjust> Blur> Radial Blur ... with the following settings Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance
Effects> VM Extravaganza> Transmission ... with the following settings Line Width - 18 Offset - 0 Contrast - 40
Layers> New Raster Layer Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings Top - 0 Right - 600 Bottom - 70 Left - 0
Change your Foreground and Background to two colors from your Tube Click on Foreground again and make a Gradient ... with the following settings
Flood Fill the Selection with this Gradient Selections> Select None
Effects> Distortion Effects> Wave ... with the following settings
Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings
Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Image> Flip ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down
Effects> L en K> Elvida ... Distance - 255 Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... with the following settings
Activate the Drop Shadow layer and rename it "Con" Duplicate this layer twice for a total of 3 layers Activate the "Con" layer again
Effects> Xenofex 2 > Constellation ... with the following settings
Activate the "Copy of Con" layer ... Edit> Repeat Constellation ... Hit the Random Seed button once Activate the "Copy (2) of Con" layer ... Edit> Repeat Constellation ... Hit the Random Seed button once
Hide the top 2 Con layers for the time being
Copy and Paste your Tube as a New Layer again Drag this layer to the top in your layer palette and apply a suitable Drop Shadow
Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with Black Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract ... by 2 Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None
Add Copyrights and your Name ... Crop image 600x250
ANIMATING
Here is another example made by my friend Fi
Tutorial written on 08/09/2011 ©David Hanslip |