First time trying one of my Tutorials? Then please check my Terms of Use before you continue You will need: Font of your choice - I used one called Dragonwick Tube and Close Up of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Garrett Blair This artist is not currently selling their art in Tube Format
Filters: Mura's Meister/Copies VM Extravaganza/Transmission
Ok let's begin Open a New Image 600x250 Change your Foreground and Background to two colors from your Tube Flood Fill image with your Foreground Color
Effects> VM Extravaganza> Transmission ... with the following settings
Layers> New Raster Layer Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings
Flood Fill this Selection with your Background color ... Selections> Select None Effects> Distortion Effects> Wave ... with the following settings
Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Tiling ... change Tile Gap to 20 Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings
Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down Effects> VM Extravaganza> Transmission ... same settings as earlier Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 20, Black
Rename this layer "flux" Duplicate this layer twice for a total of 3 and then activate the "flux" layer again Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings
Selections> Modify> Select Color Range ... with the following settings (For reference color hover over your tag and click once inside your selection, you will see the reference color change)
Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings
Activate the "Copy of flux" layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... click the Mix button once Activate the "Copy (2) of flux" layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... click the Mix button once Selections> Select None ... Hide the top two flux layers for now
Paste your Close Up as a New Layer and in your layer palette move this below your flux layer Move into a suitable position (look at my sample tag for reference) Change the layers Blend Mode to Luminance(L) or one suitable
Paste your Tube as a New Layer ... Layers> Arrange> Bring to Top Apply a Suitable Drop Shadow ... Crop Image 600x250
Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with color of choice Selections> Select All ...Selections> Modify> Contract ... by 2 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard Selections> Select None
Add Copyrights and your Name
ANIMATING
Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged
Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged
Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame
Here is another example by my friend Sezy
Tutorial written on 26/10/2011 ©David Hanslip |