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Filters: Mura's Meister/Copies DSB Flux/ Bright Noise Eye Candy 4000/Swirls
Ok let's begin Open a New Image 600x250 Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings Flood Fill with a color from your Tube
Layers> New Raster Layer Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings Flood Fill with a second color from your Tube ... Selections> Select None Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers>Merge> Merge Down
Layers> New Raster Layer Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings Flood Fill with a third color from your Tube ... Selections> Select None Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers> Merge> Merge Visible ... Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance
Select your Magic Wand Tool ... with the following settings
and click inside your two bottom strips ... should look like so
Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings Selections> Select None ... Apply a slight Drop Shadow (I used 0, 0, 100, 3, Black)
Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Wall Paper ... default settings If your Canvas has gaps ... Edit> Repeat Copies ... same settings Rename this layer "Swirl" ... Duplicate this layer twice for a total of 3
Select your Magic Wand Tool with the same settings as before and click inside one of the strips (not one of the color that has Bright Noise) like so
Selections> Modify> Select Color Range ... with the following settings
Activate the "Swirl" layer Effects> Eye Candy 4000> Swirls ... Default Settings ... click the Random Seed button once Activate the "Copy of Swirl" layer ... Edit> Repeat Swirl ... click the Random Seed button once then on OK Activate the "Copy (2) of Swirl" layer ... Edit> Repeat Swirl ... click the Random Seed button once then on OK
Selections> Select None ... Hide the top 2 Swirl layers for now Paste your Tube as a New Layer .. move it to the right side of your Tag Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... change the Blend Mode of the Original to Soft Light
Apply a suitable Drop Shadow to the Duplicate Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill layer with one of your three colors Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract ... by 4 Hit DELETE on your keyboard
Selections> Modify> Expand ... by 1 ... Selections> Invert Flood Fill this Selection with another of your three colors ... Selections> Select None Add Copyrights and your Name
ANIMATING
Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged
Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged
Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame Edit> Select All ... Animation> Frame Properties ... change to 15 and click OK 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 by my friend Sezy
Tutorial written on the 07/11/2011 ©David Hanslip |