No Angel (2012)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Andes

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Psyco Jimi

This artist is not currently selling their art in Tube Format

And my Selection HERE ... unzip into your Selections folder

Filters:

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

Ok let's begin

Change your Foreground to a Light color from your Tube

Change your Background to a Dark color from your Tube

Click on your Foreground again and change to Gradient ... with the following settings

Open a New Image 600x250

Flood Fill with your Gradient ... Duplicate three times (for a total of 4)

Activate the Bottom layer ... Effects> Texture Effects> Weave ... with the following settings

Activate the Top layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 5

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

Apply a Drop Shadow ... with the following settings

Activate the Copy of Raster 1 layer

Change this layers Blend Mode to Hard Light

Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Activate the Copy (2) of Raster 1 layer

Load the Selection I provided at the start of the Tutorial

(Spawns-NoAngelStars)

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

Apply a Drop Shadow with the same settings as earlier ... Rename this layer Stars

Duplicate ... with Duplicate active Image> Mirror ... rename it Right Stars ... on the Stars layer Image> Flip

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and move into a suitable position

Apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Activate the Stars layer ... Duplicate layer twice (for a total of 3)

Activate the Stars layer

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

Intensity - 20
Direction - Mix

Activate the "Copy of Stars " layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok

Activate the "Copy (2) of Stars " layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok

Hide the 2 top Stars layers for now

Activate the Right Stars layer

Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok

Activate the Top layer ...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 "Stars" layer and unhide the "Copy of Stars" layer

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

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

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

Here is another example made by my friend Sezy