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You will need:
Font of your choice - I used one called Be My Valentine
Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Ismael Rac
License and Tubes available now available at Scraps and Company
Filters:
Mura's Meister/Copies
Krusty FX vol.2
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 .... Wallpaper rotate (default settings)
If there are any transparent gaps in your image then Edit> Repeat Copies
Crop Image 600x250
Adjust> Blur> Radial Blur ... with the following settings
Blur Type - Twirl
Blur - strength - 100%
Blur - Twirl Degrees - 0
Elliptical - checked
Center - Horizontal Offset - 0
Center - vertical Offset - 0
Center - Protect Center - 0
Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance More
Layers> Duplicate ... Activate the Duplicate
Effects> Krusty FX vol.2> Generator J-1 (spider) ... with the following settings

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings
Top - 4
Right - 183
Bottom - 12
Left - 171
Selections> Modify> Select Color Range ... with the following settings
Tolerance - 20
Softness - 20
Add Color Range - checked
Reference Color - #002828
Layers> New Raster Layer ... Make sure the new layer is active
On your Toolbar there is a little arrow next to your Paint Brush Tool
Click the arrow and select your Airbrush .. match these settings

Set your Foreground to the color you want and paint inside all areas of the selection
Selections Select None
Delete the layer you did the Krusty FX on
Activate the layer you painted with your Airbrush
Lower this layers Opactiy to 60% and rename it "flux"
Duplicate this layer twice (for a total of 3)
Activate the "flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings
Intensity - 25
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
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 - 4
Flood Fill Black
Selections> Select None
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 3
Flood Fill with a color from your Tube ... Selections> Select None
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 1
Flood Fill Black ... Selections> Select None
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 09/04/2011 ©David Hanslip