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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called DJB ADEE1

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Scott Blair

This artist is not currently selling their art in Tube Format

My selection which you can get HERE ... unzip into your Selections folder

 

Filters:

Penta/Dot and Cross

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

 

 

 

Ok let's begin

Change your Foreground to a Light color from your Tube

Change your Background to a Dark color from your Tube

Change your Foreground to Gradient ... with the following settings

 

 

Open a New Image 600x250 ... Flood Fill with your Gradient

Effects> Distortion Effects> Pixelate ... with the following settings

 

 

Rename this layer flux ... Duplicate this layer three times (for a Total of 4)

With the Top layer active

Effects> Penta> Dot and Cross ... with the following settings

 

 

Change this layers Blend Mode to Soft Light ... rename this layer DC

Activate the Bottom layer ... Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

 

 

Selections> Promote Selection to Layer ... Selections> Select None

Layers> Arrange> Bring To Top ... Image> Free Rotate ... with the following settings

 

 

Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings

 

 

Effects> Distortion Effects> Warp ... with the following settings

 

 

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Paste your Close Up as a New Layer

 

 

Move over your Selection so the part you want to keep is inside it

Selections> Invert ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select None

 

 

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 0, the color you started off with as your Background color

Shadow on New Layer - Checked

 

 

Activate the Close Up layer ... Change the Blend Mode to Luminance or Luminance(L)

Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Change the layers Blend Mode to Soft Light or one suitable

Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... rename this layer CU

 

 

Crop Image 600x250

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 4, 100, 20 ... Shadow on New Layer - UnChecked

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with your Dark color

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 2 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Rename this layer FR ... Selections> Select None

 

 

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and position on the right & apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Activate the flux layer

Load the Selection I provided at the start of this Tutorial (Spawns-AFallen)

 

 

Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings

Intensity - 36
Direction - Mix

Activate the "Copy of flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok

Activate the "Copy (2) of flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok

Selections> Select None

Hide the 2 top flux layers for now

 

 

Activate the Top layer ... Add Copyrights and your Name

 

 

 

ANIMATING

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

Now open Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> As New Animation

Return to PSP hide the "flux" layer and unhide the "Copy of flux" layer
Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame

Return to PSP hide the "Copy of flux" layer and unhide the "Copy (2) of flux" layer
Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame

And that's it. All that's left is to save your Tag ... If you wish to Preview it first View> Animation

 

 

Here is another example made by my friend Sezy

 

Tutorial written on the 08/04/2012 ©David Hanslip