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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called CK Vegas Nights

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Anna Marine

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

 

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

Penta.com/VTR

 

 

 

Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250

Change your Foreground to a color from your Tube and your Background to Medium Grey (#808080)

Flood Fill canvas with your Foreground color ... Rename this layer BG

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill this layer with your Background color ... Rename this layer FG

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and position on the left side of your Tag but not all the way

(look at my Tag for example)

 

 

Activate your Selection Tool ... with the following settings

 

 

Make a Selection from the Right side to the Left to about half way across your Tube like so

 

 

Activate the BG layer ... Layers> New Raster Layer

Flood Fill the Selection with your Background color ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the FG layer ... Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with your Foreground color

Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down ...Layers> Arrange> Bring to Top

Hide the FG layer for now

 

 

Activate the Tube layer ... Layers> Duplicate ... Activate the Bottom Tube layer

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Line

Change the Number to a suitable amount (I used 5)

Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance(L) or Luminance

Effects> Penta.com> VTR ... default settings

 

 

Activate the Top Tube layer and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Activate your Selection Tool

Make a Selection from the Right side to the Left to about half way across your Tube like so

(thickness totally up to you)

 

 

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with your Background color

Selections> Select None ... Layers> Arrange> Move Down

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance More ... Change this layers Blend Mode to Screen

 

 

Activate and unhide the FG layer

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

Selections> Select None

 

 

Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the following settings

 

 

I applied a slight Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 4, Black

Add Copyrights and your Name and that's it all that's left is to save your Tag

 

 

 

Here is another example also using the artwork of Anna Marine

 

Tutorial written on the 13/09/2013 ©David Hanslip