SugarFlux (2012)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Penguin Attack

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Ava Schwark

This artist no longer sells her art in Tube format

My Selection HERE ... unzip into your Selections folder

Filters:

Mura's Meister/Copies

Mehdi/Sorting Tiles

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 ...*Wall Paper(rotate) ...default settings

(if you have any transparent gaps on your canvas Edit> Repeat Copies ... same settings)

Crop Image 600x250

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

Rename this layer flux ... Duplicate three times (for a total of 4)

Rename the Top one Strip ... Activate the flux layer ... Load the Selection I provided with this Tutorial

Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings

Activate the Copy of Flux layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then OK

Activate the Copy (2) of Flux layer ... Edit> Repeat Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then OK

Selections> Select None ... Hide the 2 Top Flux layers for now

Activate the Strip layer

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

Selections> Invert ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with a color from your Tube

Selections> Select None ... Change this layers Blend Mode to Color (or one suitable)

Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 5, color of choice

Edit> Repeat Drop Shadow

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 a color from your Tube

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 2 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select None

Effects> DSB Flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings

Add Copyrights and your Name

ANIMATING

Edit> Copy Special> Copy Merged

Now open Animation Shop ... Edit> Paste> As New Animation

Return to PSP 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 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