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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Scbyzhouse

Tube & Close Up of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Danny Drake

This Artist no longer sells their art in Tube Format

 

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

Filter Factory N/Diamond Glass

AAA Frames/Foto Frame

 

 

Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 600x250 ... Paste your Tube as a New Layer

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Wall Paper(rotate) ... default settings

Edit> Repeat Copies ... same settings as above

 

 

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Clip to Canvas

Image> Crop to Selection

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

 

 

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance Edges

Effects> Filter Factory N> Diamond Glass ... with the following settings

 

 

Effects> AAA Frames > Foto Frame ... with the following settings

 

 

Rename this layer Background

Paste your Tube as a New Layer, position on the Right side of your Tag and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Layers> New Raster Layer

Flood Fill with White .... Lower this layers Opacity to 60% ... Selections> Select All

Selections> Modify> Contract by 7

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

Layers> New Raster ... Flood Fill with Black ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 1

Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Rename this layer Border

 

 

Activate the Background layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 28

Paste your Close Up as a New Layer and position to the

Left making sure what you want to keep is inside the Selection

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

 

 

Effects> Tramages> Tow The Line ... with the following settings

 

 

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 0, color from your Tube

Shadow on new layer - checked

 

 

Activate the Close Up layer ... Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance(L)

Layers> Merge Down ... Lower this layers Opacity to around 40% ... rename this layer CL

Activate the Top layer ... Apply Copyrights an your Name

Activate the CL layer ... Edit> Copy

 

 

 

ANIMATING

Open Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> As New Animation

Effects> Insert Image Effects

 


Edit> Select All ... Edit Copy

Click once on the Last Frame (21) ... Edit> Paste> After Current Frame

Animation> Reverse Frames

 

 

Return to PSP and activate the Background layer ... Edit> Copy

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

Hold down CTRL and keep pressing L until you have the same amount of frames as your animation (should be 42)

 

 

Activate your animation ... Edit> Select All ... Edit> Copy

Activate your Tag ... Edit> Select All ...Edit> Paste> Into Selected Frames

Move into position and click once (I zoomed in to help with positioning)

You can delete the animation only image now as you don't need it

 



Return to PSP and hide the Background and CL layers ... Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

Edit> Paste> As New Animation

Hold down CTRL and keep pressing L until you have the same amount of frames as your animation (should be 42)

Edit> Select All ... Edit> Copy

Activate your Tag ... Edit> Select All ...Edit> Paste> Into Selected Frames

Move into position and click once (I zoomed in to help with positioning)

 

 

Highlight the 1st frame by clicking on it once ... Animation> Frame Properties ... change to 130

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 also using the artwork of Danny Drake

 

Tutorial written on the 18/05/2013 ©David Hanslip