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You will need:
Font of your choice - I used one called Emerge
Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Hallan Moulin
Filters:
VM Toolbox/Trimosaic
dsb flux/Bright Noise
Ok let's begin
Open a New Image 600x250
Change your Foreground and Background color to two colors from your Tube
Click your Foreground color again and make a gradient using these settings

Flood Fill image with this Gradient
Effects> VM Toolbox> Trimosaic ... with the following settings

Duplicate the layer 3 times (for a total of 4)
Rename the layers as follows, from Top to bottom
foreground
flux 3
flux 2
flux 1
Activate the "flux 1" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings

Activate the "flux 2" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok
Activate the "flux 3" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok
Activate the "foreground" layer
Select your Magic Wand Tool ... with these settings

Click anywhere in your image
Selections> Modify> Color Range ... with these settings

For reference color click in left corner of your image like so

Now your tag should look something like this

Hit DELETE on your keyboard
Selections> Load/Save Selection> Save Selection To Alpha Channel ..... Name it "Trim"
Selections> Select None ... Paste your Tube as a new layer
In your layer palette move this layer to the top and rename it "Tube"
Move into a position on the Right side of the tag that you are happy with
and add a Drop Shadow of choice
Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror
Drag the "Copy of Tube" layer below the "Tube" layer
With the "Copy of Tube" layer Active lower the Opacity to about 65%
Selections> Load/Save Selection> Load Selection From Alpha Channel
select Trim which you saved earlier ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard
Selections> Select None
Crop Image to 600x250 ... Layers> New Raster Layer ... drag to top in layer palette
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings

Flood Fill Selection with a color from your Tube
Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down
Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down
You should now have the following layers
foreground
(which is now foreground, Tubes and Frame all merged together)
flux 2
flux 1
Add Copyrights and your Name
Now it’s time to save your Tag ready to be animated
File> Save As ... under "File Type" choose PSP Animation Shop (*psp.)
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Tutorial written on 17/01/2011 ©David Hanslip