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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Anna

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Victoria Flores


Filters:
Krusty FX vol.2
DSB Flux/Bright Noise

 



Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250

Effects> Krusty FX vol.2> Generator B-1 (spider) ... with the following settings



Select the Selection Tool, make sure Feather is set to 0

 

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Top - 48
Right - 313
Bottom - 54
Left - 288

Selections> Modify> Select Color Range ... with the following settings

Tolerance - 20
Softness - 20
Add Color Range
Click on Reference Color box and put #4f4f4f into the HTML box then click ok, click ok once more

 

Layers> New Raster Layer

With new layer active Flood Fill Selected areas with a Light color from your Tube.

Change the layers Blend Mode to Color

Layers> Merge > Merge Down ... Rename this layer "Background"

Selections> Invert ... Selections> Promote Selection to Layer

 

On your toolbar is a Tool called Lighten/Darken Brush

If you click on the tiny wee arrow next to it

Go down (or across) and select Change To Target


I have my brush set quite big 200+ at least

Set your foreground to the color you want the selected area to be

(left click will paint using foreground color, right click will paint using background color)

Paint as normal on your canvas

It doesn't always work out the right color

Sometimes you have to faff with it

Your tag will now look something like this



 

Selections> Select None ... Rename this layer "Flux"

Duplicate this layer twice (for a total of 3)

Activate the "flux" layer

Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings

Intensity - 15
Direction - Mix

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 for now

 

Paste your Tube as a new layer

Layers> Arrange> Bring to Top (if it's not already there)

Move into a position that you are happy with and add a Drop Shadow of choice

Layers> New Raster Layer

Selections> Select All

Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings

Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 2

Flood Fill with a suitable color

Selections> Select None ... 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



Tutorial written on 26/03/2011 ©David Hanslip