Dragons Grain (2013)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Abaddon

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Gaetano De Falco

Unfortunately he no longer sells his art in tube format

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

AAA Frames/Foto Frame

Tramages/Wood Grain

Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250 ... Paste your Tube as a New Layer

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Wall Paper(rotate) ... default settings

Edit> Repeat Copies ... same settings as above

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Clip to Canvas ... Image> Crop to Selection

Effects> AAA Frames> Foto Frame ... with the following settings

Selections> Select All ... Modify> Contract by 15

Selections> Promote Selection to Layer

Adjust> Blur> Radial Blur ... with the following settings

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance ... Selections> Select None

Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Image> Flip

Change this layers Blend Mode to Soft Light (or one suitable)

Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Rename this layer Grain ... Duplicate this layer three times (for a total of 4)

Activate the Grain layer

Effects> Tramages> Wood Grain ... with the following settings

Activate the Copy of Grain layer ... Effects> Tramages> Wood Grain ... change the Grains to 30

Activate the Copy (2) of Grain layer ... Effects> Tramages> Wood Grain ... change the Grains to 50

Activate the Copy (3) of Grain layer ... Effects> Tramages> Wood Grain ... change the Grains to 79

Hide the Top 3 Grain layers for now

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with White ... lower this layer Opacity to 70%

Selections> Select All ... Modify> Contract by 3 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select All ... Modify> Contract by 1 ... Selections> Invert

Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

Paste your Tube as a New Layer, move into a suitable position and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Add Copyrights and your Name

ANIMATING

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP and unhide the Copy of Grain layer ... Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP and unhide the Copy (2) of Grain layer ... Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP and unhide the Copy (3) of Grain layer ... Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Edit> Select All ... Edit> Copy ... Edit> Select None

Click on Frame 4 once to select it (should highlight blue)

Edit> Paste> After Current Frame ... now you should have 8 frames

with frames 5,6,7, 8 selected (highlighted blue)

If they are not then click on frame 5,

hold down SHIFT on your keyboard and click once on frame 8, then release SHIFT

Animation> Reverse Frames ... Edit> Select All ... Animation> Frame Properties ... change to 15

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 also using the artwork of Gaetano