Summa Shades (2012)

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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called LD Calligraphix

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

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

My Template SpawnsFSTemplate015

Filters:

DSB Flux/Bright Noise

Eye Candy 6: Textures/Brushed Metal

Ok let's begin

Open my Template ... Window> Duplicate ... Close Original ... Delete the Credits layer

Activate the Dark Grey Frame layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

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

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

Selections> Select None ... Delete the Dark Grey Frame layer

Activate the Light Grey Strips layer

Effects> Eye Candy 6:Textures> Brushed Metal ... with the following settings

Click on the "settings" tab and select the "Linear" folder then select "Copper, Rough"

Click on the "basics" tab ... click the color box next to Metal Color and change to a color from your Tube

Click on the Random Seed button once then on OK

Activate the Middle Background layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float

Selections> Defloat

Flood Fill the Selection with any color from your Tube

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and position on the left of your Selection (resize if needed)

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

Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance or Luminance(L)

Activate the Dots layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with the color you used on the frame (in my case the pink)

Selections> Select None ... DELETE the Dots layer

Activate the layer with the Tubes on

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

Activate the layer with the Dots on ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select None

Activate the Top & Bottom Dark Grey Backgrounds layer

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

Flood Fill the Selections with the color you used on the Middle Background layer

Selections> Select None ... Rename this layer flux ... Duplicate twice for a total of 3

Activate the flux layer

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

Hide the 2 Top flux layers for now

Activate the Border layer

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

Add Copyrights and your Name

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