Pumpkinz (2012)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Zar 2-Script

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Amy Matthews

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

Brush of choice - I used SS-halloween-vectors_18 part of the Halloween Brushes by obsidiandawn

These are Photoshop Brushes so you will need to convert them to PSP Brushes ... I wrote a Tutorial on how to Here

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250 ... Paste your Tube as a New Layer

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Wall Paper(rotate) ... default settings

Edit> Repeat Copies ... same settings again

Crop Image 600x250

Adjust> Blur> Radial Blur ... with the following settings

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance

Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Image> Flip

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

Layers> New Raster Layer

Activate your Paint Brush Tool and select your Brush of choice and change to a suitable color and size

(if using same brush as me I changed size to 56)

Click once in the middle of your Tag

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Tiling(angle) ... change the Tile Gap to a suitable amount (I set it to 6)

Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and make some selections around the brushes

Here is what mine looks like

Selections> Promote Selection to Layer

Activate the Middle layer ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select None ... with the Middle layer still active Change the layers Blend Mode to Multiply

Activate the Top layer ... Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... with the following settings

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

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

Layers> Duplicate ... in your Layer Palette move the Duplicate layer into position above the bottom layer

Image> Mirror ... change this layers Blend Mode to Soft Light (or one suitable)

Activate the Top Layer ... Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with a color from your Tube

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 3 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Modify> Expand by 1 ... Selections> Inver

Flood Fill the Selection with the same color you used for your Brush

Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... same settings as before

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