Muertos (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 Martini Script Fat

Tube & Close Up of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Meg Baker

This artist is not currently selling their art in Tube Format

My Template SpawnsFSTemplate035

Filters:

Eye Candy 6/Gradient Glow

Eye Candy 4000/Marble

Two Moon/StringThing

Xero/Fritillary

Ok let's begin

Open my Template ... Window> Duplicate ... Close Original ... Delete the Credits layer

Activate the Main Background and Flood Fill with a Color from your Tube

Paste your Close Up as a New Layer and position on the left and make sure what you want to keep is visible

Change your Foreground to Black and your Background to a Color from your Tube

Activate the Black Lines layer

Adjust> Hue/Saturation> Hue/Saturation/Lightness

play around with the settings until your lines are a color you are happy with

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

Change this layers Blend Mode to Soft Light

Activate the Top Wave layer ... Layers> Arrange> Move Down ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

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

Flood Fill the Selection with your Background color

Effects> Xero> Fritillary ... with the following settings

Selections> Select None

Activate the Top Wave Line layer ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Effects> Eye Candy 4000> Marble ... with the following settings

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

Effects> Eye Candy 6> Gradient Glow ... change the Glow Radius to 1 and the color to Black

Paste your Tube as a New Layer

position on the Right side of your Tag and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with Black ... Selections> Select All

Selections> Modify> Contract by 2 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

Effects> Eye Candy 6> Gradient Glow ... change the color to your Background color

Add Copyrights and your Name

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If you wish to keep your Tag None-Animated then Layers> Merge> Merge Visible and then save

If you want it Animated let's continue

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Activate the layer with the Close Up on ... Rename it CU and Duplicate it 3 times (for a total of 4)

Activate the CU layer ... Effects> Two Moon> StringThing ... with the following settings

Activate the Copy of CU Layer ... Effects> Two Moon> StringThing ... change the Change Up to 40

Activate the Copy (2) of CU Layer ... Effects> Two Moon> StringThing ... change the Change Up to 50

Activate the Copy (3) of CU Layer ... Effects> Two Moon> StringThing ... change the Change Up to 60

Hide the top 3 CU layers for now ... Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

ANIMATING

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP hide the "CU" layer and unhide the "Copy of CU " layer

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP hide the "Copy of CU " layer and unhide the "Copy (2) of CU " layer

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Return to PSP hide the "Copy (2) of CU" layer and unhide the "Copy (3) of CU " layer

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

Edit> Select All ... Animation> Frame Properties ... change to 22 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