Grey Priestess (2017)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Trek

Tube and Close-Up of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Jamie Kidd

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

One of my Templates SpawnsFSTemplate084

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

Eye Candy 6: Textures/Brushed Metal

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

Ok let's begin

Open my Template ... Window> Duplicate ... Close Original ... Delete the Credits layer

Activate the Border layer ... Paste your Tube as a New Layer

Move to a suitable position covering the downward line (see my tag for reference)

Layers> Duplicate ... Move this layer in your layer palette so it is above the Top Right Foreground layer

With this Tube layer still active

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Line ... with the following settings

but the Number to one of your choosing

Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance or Luminance(L) ... rename this layer MM

Activate the Top Right Foreground layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float

Selections> Defloat ... Selections> Invert ... Activate the MM layer ... Edit> Clear

Selections> Select None

Activate the Bottom Right Foreground layer

Effects> Eye Candy 6: Textures> Brushed Metal

Click on the "Settings" tab and then on the "settings tour " folder

then click on "Linear: Steel, Rough & Angled " so it is highlighted blue

Click on the "Basic" tab and change the Metal Color to one from your Tube

click the "Random Seed" button once

Activate the Left Foreground layer

Effects> Eye Candy 6: Textures> Brushed Metal

Change the Metal Color to #202020 and the Direction to 0 ... click the "Random Seed" button once

Paste your Close-Up as a New Layer & move into a suitable position on the left side of your canvas

Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance or Luminance(L) and the Opacity to around 50%

Activate the Right Line Background layer

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

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the selections with the color from Tube you used for Brushed Metal

Selections> Select None ... Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the following settings

Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the Right Line Outline layer

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

Selections> Modify> Expand by 1

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the selections with a color of your choice

Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Rename this layer Flux

Duplicate this layer twice

Activate the Flux layer again

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

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

Hide the Top 2 Flux layers

Activate the Tube layer and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Layers> Arrange> Move Down ... Activate the Border layer

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

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the selection with the color you used on the Flux layer

Selections> Select None ... Delete the Border 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