Keyz (2012)

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 LDJ Pretty Smart

Tube & Close Up of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Lisa Cree

This artist is not currently selling her art in Tube Format

My Template SpawnsFSTemplate006

Filters:

Eye Candy 6/Gradient Glow

Ok let's begin

Open my Template ... Window> Duplicate ... Close Original

Delete the Credits and Mini Cogs layers

Activate the Middle Background layer

Paste your Close Up as a New Layer ... make sure it covers the middle like so

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

Edit> Repeat Motion Blur ... Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the Right Outer Background layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Paste your Tube as a New layer and position so it covers the Selection (any part of the Tube will do)

Selections> Invert ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select None ... Crop Image 600x250

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

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance

Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the Right Outer Background layer again ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

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

Selections> Invert ... Activate the Raster 1 layer ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Lower this layers Opacity to around 60% ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the Right Inner Background layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Paste your Tube as a New layer ... Move over your Selection so the part you want to keep is inside it

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

Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance ... Rename this layer ANI

Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the Right Inner Background layer again ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Effects> Eye Candy 6> Gradient Glow ... with the following settings

Click on the "settings" tab and select the "Simple (Thin)" folder then select "Black"

In your layer palette move the Left Outer Background to between the Left Inner Background and Middle Background layers

Activate the Right Stripes layer ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Change this layers Blend Mode to Overlay

Activate the Right Cog Lines layer ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Adjust> Hue and Saturation> Hue/Saturation/Lightness

play around with the setting until you cog lines are a color you like and the click OK

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

Uniform - checked ... Noise - 15% ... Monochrome - checked

Activate the Inner Border layer

Adjust> Hue and Saturation> Hue/Saturation/Lightness

play around with the setting until your border is a color you like and the click OK

Activate the Outer Border layer

Adjust> Hue and Saturation> Hue/Saturation/Lightness

play around with the setting until your border is a color you like and the click OK

Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Paste your Tube as a New Layer, position in the middle of your Tag making sure the top and bottom of the

Tube go over the border ... Apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Activate the Inner Border Layer ... Make a Custom Selection with the following settings

Selections> Promote Selection to Layer ... Selections> Select None

With the promoted layer active Layers> Arrange> Bring to Top

Add Copyrights and your Name

ANIMATING

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP ... Change the Blend Mode of the ANI layer to Luminance(L)

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Edit> Select All ... Animation> Frame Properties ... change to 25

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