Red (2012)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called TrekkieDisplaySSK

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Ted Hammond

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

My Selection HERE ... unzip into your Selections folder

Filters:

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

Ok let's begin

Change your Foreground to a Dark color from your Tube

Change your Background to a Light color from your Tube

Click on your Foreground again & change to Gradient ... with the following settings

Open a New Image 530x250

Flood Fill with your Gradient

Effects> Distortion Effects> Pixelate ... with the following settings

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with your Dark color

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 3

Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the following setting

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 5, Black

Image> Canvas Size ... with the following settings

Layers> New Raster Layer

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Click on your Foreground and change Repeats to 1

Flood Fill the Selection with your Gradient

Effects> Distortion Effects> Pixelate ... with the same settings as earlier

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with your Dark color

Selections> Modify> Contract by 3

Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the same settings as earlier

Make a Custom Selection ... same settings as last time

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and move into position

(part you want to keep inside the selection)

Selections> Invert ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

Layers> Arrange> Move Down

Change this layers Blend Mode to one suitable (I used Soft Light)

Activate the Bottom layer ... Rename it Flux ... Duplicate this layer twice (for a total of 3)

Activate the Flux layer

Load the Selection I provided with the Tutorial

(Spawns-Red)

Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings

Intensity - 20
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 ... Position on the right side of your Tag

Apply a blurry Drop Shadow

Add Copyrights and your Name

Activate the "Copy (2) of Flux" layer

Layers> New Raster Layer

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 15, Black

This next step may appear to do nothing but will remove any

Drop Shadow pixels inside the transparent area that you may not see

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

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

Here is another example made by my friend Sezy