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 Sick Capital Vice Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Jennifer Janesko License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet
Filters: Eye Candy 6: Textures/Swirl DSB Flux/Bright Noise xero/Porcelain
Ok let's begin Change your Foreground and Background to 2 colors from your Tube Open a New Image 600x250 Make a Custom Selection with the following settings
Flood Fill this Selection with your Foreground color Selections> Modify> Contract by 5 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard Selections> Select None
Make a Custom Selection with the following settings
Flood Fill this Selection with your Background color Selections> Modify> Contract by 4 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard Selections> Select None
Image> Free Rotate ... with the following settings
Layers> Duplicate Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings
Layers> Duplicate Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the same settings as above Layers> Merge> Merge Visible
Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings
Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Image> Flip Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Rename this layer SquareFrames Change your Foreground color to a 3rd from your Tube ... Layers> New Raster Layer Flood Fill this layer with your Foreground color
Effects> Eye Candy 6: Textures> Swirl Click on the "Settings" tab and then on the "Settings Tour (seamless tile)" folder then click on "Painterly: Random Twists" so it is highlighted blue Click on the "Basic" tab and match the settings below ... be sure to click the "Random Seed" button once as well
Rename this layer Background ... Activate the SquareFrames layer Select your Magic Wand Tool ... with the following settings
Click once on the left side of the squares on the left ... you should have this
Selections> Modify> Expand by 2 Paste your Tube as a New Layer and position making sure what you want to keep is inside the Selection Selections> Invert ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None Layers> Arrange> Move Down
Activate the Squares layer ... Click once on the right side of the squares on the right ... you should have this
Selections> Modify> Expand by 2 Paste your Tube as a New Layer and position making sure what you want to keep is inside the Selection Selections> Invert ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None Layers> Arrange> Move Down ... Layers> Merge Down Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance(L)
Change your Foreground back to the color you set it to at the start of the Tutorial With your Magic Wand Tool still active ...Activate the SquareFrames layer again Click once in the middle of each square until you have this selection
Selections> Modify> Expand by 3 ... Layers> New Raster Layer Activate your Flood Fill Tool ... with the following settings
Flood Fill the Selections like so Foreground color frames with Background color Background color frames with Foreground color Selections> Select None ... Layers> Arrange> Move Down Rename this layer Squares
Effects> Eye Candy 6: Textures> Swirl ... same settings as earlier, be sure to click the "Random Seed" button once as well Activate the SquareFrames layer again Duplicate this layer twice (for a total of 3) ... Activate the SquareFrames layer again Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings
Activate the Copy of SquareFrames layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then OK Activate the Copy (2) of SquareFrames layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then OK Selections> Select None ... Hide the 2 Top SquareFrames layers for now
Paste your Tube as a New Layer and move into a suitable position Effects> xero> Porcelain ... change Blue Channel to 0 Apply a suitable Drop Shadow
Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with your Foreground color Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 3 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard Selections> Modify> Expand by 1 ... Selections> Invert Flood Fill the Selection with your Background color Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... same settings as before
Selections> Invert ... Selections> Modify> Expand by 1 ... Selections> Invert Layers> New Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with your Foreground color Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down
I applied a slight Drop Shadow to make my border stand out Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 2, White Add Copyrights and your Name
ANIMATING
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
Tutorial written on the 08/03/2013 ©David Hanslip |