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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Thystle

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Hallan Moulin

And my selection which you can get HERE ... unzip into your Selections folder


Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

Mehdi/Sorting Tiles

Ulead GIF-X Plugin 2.0

 


Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250

Paste your Tube as a new layer ... Resize so it fits nicely in the middle

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies .... Wallpaper rotate (default settings)

Crop Image 600x250 ... Rename layer "Background"

 


Layers> Duplicate ... Activate the bottom layer

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



Activate the top layer

Effects> Mehdi> Sorting Tiles ... with the following settings



Load the selection I provided with this Tutorial
(Spawns-Sorted)

Hit the DELETE button on your keyboard

 

Selections> Select None

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... with the following settings


Color of your choice

 

Edit> Repeat Drop Shadow ... Paste your Tube as a new layer

Move into a position you are happy with and add a Drop Shadow (any settings you like)

Drag this layer to the top in your Layer Palette if it is not already there

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 with a suitable color ... Selections> Select None

Add Copyrights and your Name

 

Hide the Background layer ... Layers> Merge Visible

Unhide the Background layer ... Activate the Background layer

Effects> Ulead Effects

At the bottom click on the Gallery button and select "Nickelodeon 3"

match the frame these



and click ok

 

Click on save .. name it Nick 3



Save it somewhere easy to find

Now Click on Cancel and Close the Plugin

 

DELETE the Background layer ... Crop Image 600x250


 


HOW TO ANIMATE


Open Animation Shop

Open the Nick 3 Animation you made

Delete the 6th frame ... Now go to PSP ... Edit> Copy

 

Go back to Animation Shop ... Edit >Paste> As New Animation

Hold down CTRL on your keyboard and hit L until you have 6 frames

press CTRL+A to Select All then CTRL+C to Copy

 

Active the Nick 3 animation press CTRL+A to Select All then CTRL+E to Paste Into Selected Frame

Move into correct position and left click to place

Close the Background Animation as its not needed any more

View> Animation to see your new animation

and that's it your done all that's left is to save your Tag


Tutorial written on 07/03/2011 ©David Hanslip