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You will need:
Font of your choice - I used one called Federation DS9
Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Ismael Rac
License and Tubes available now available at Scraps and Company
My selection which you can get HERE ... unzip into your Selections folder
Filters:
Penta/Dot and Cross
Eye Candy 6/Gradient Glow
Mura's Meister/Perspective Tiling
DSB Flux/Bright Noise
Ok let's begin
Open a New Image 100x50
Flood Fill with a color from your Tube
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Contract ... by 5
Hit DELETE on your keyboard
Selections> Select None
Image> Canvas Size ... with the following settings

Effects> Penta> Dot and Cross ... default settings
Effects> Eye Candy 6> Gradient Glow ... with the following settings
Click on the "Settings" tab and select the following
Simple (thin) - Black
Click on the "Basic" tab
change the Glow Radius to 4
and the Color to a color from your Tube
and click on ok
Effects> Mura's Meister> Perspective Tiling ... default settings
Make a Custom Selection ... with the following
Top - 0
Right - 600
Bottom - 125
Left - 0
Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None
Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Flip ... Layers> Merge> Merge visible
Rename this layer "Frame"
Layers> New Raster Layer ... Rename this layer "flux"
Activate your Flood Fill Tool
Set your Foreground to a color from your Tube and Background to White
Click on the Foreground Color again and change it to Gradient ... with the following settings
Style - Linear
Angle - 0
Repeats - 5
Invert - unchecked
Flood Fill the "flux" layer with your Gradient
Effects> Texture Effects> Fur ... with the following settings
Blur - 95
Density - 58
Length - 9
Transparency - 3
Drag this layer to the bottom in your layer palette
Duplicate this layer twice (for a total of 3)
Activate the "flux" layer
Load the selection I provided at the start of this Tutorial
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings
Intensity - 30
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
Selections> Select None ... Hide the 2 top flux layers for now
Paste your Tube as a new layer
Layers>Arrange> Bring to Top (if not already at top in your palette)
Move your Tube to the Left side of your Tag and apply a suitable Drop Shadow
Crop image 600x250 ... Layers> New Raster Layer
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 5
Flood Fill White ... Selections> Select None
Layers> New Raster Layer ... Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 4
Flood Fill with a color from your Tube ... Selections> Select None
Effects> Penta> Dot and Cross ... default settings
Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Layers> New Raster Layer
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 1
Flood Fill White ... Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down
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 13/04/2011 ©David Hanslip