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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