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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Coronet

Tube & Close Up of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Joe Peck

This artist is not currently selling their art in Tube Format

My Selection which you can get HERE ... Unzip into your Selections Folder

 

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

 

 

 

Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Flood Fill Selection with a color from your Tube (I used a creamy color #f7dab4)

 

 

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Flood Fill Selection with a color from your Tube (I used red #d3232a)

 

 

Selections> Select None ... Duplicate this layer twice

With the Top layer active ... Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings

Image> Flip ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

 

 

Activate the Bottom layer ... Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Tiling ... default settings

 

 

Activate the Top Layer ... Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Tiling(angle) ... default settings

Change the layers Blend Mode to Soft Light ... Layers> Merge> Merge Visible

 

 

Layers> Duplicate ... activate the Top layer

Make a Custom Selection .. with the following settings

Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections Select None

 

 

Apply a slight Drop Shadow (I used 0, 0, 100, 10, Black)

Activate the Bottom layer and rename it "flux"

Duplicate it twice for a total of three then activate the flux layer again

Load the Selection I provided at the start of this Tutorial

(Spawns-Mask)

 

 

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

 

Activate the "Copy of flux" layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... Click on Mix button once the on OK

Activate the "Copy (2) of flux" layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... Click on Mix button once the on OK

 

 

Hide the "Copy of flux" and "Copy (2) of flux" layers for now

Paste your Close Up as a New Layer and position on the Right side of your Tag

Lower the layers Opacity to around 70%

 

 

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and move to the Top in your layer palette

Apply a suitable Drop Shadow then move your Tube into a suitable position

 

 

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

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 5 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Modify> Expand by 1 ... Selections> Invert ... Flood Fill this Selection with a second color

Selections> Invert ... Selections> Modify> Expand by 2 ... Selections> Invert

Flood Fill this Selection with your first color ... Selections> Select None

 

 

Apply a slight Drop Shadow to make the frame stand out (I used 0, 0, 100, 10, Black)

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 02/11/2011 ©David Hanslip