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You will need:
Font of your choice - I used one called Candles
Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Tim Lowery
This artist is not currently selling their art in Tube Format
Filters:
L en K/Trouble (also known as L&K Filters)
Mura's Meister/Copies
DSB Flux/Bright Noise
Ok let's begin
Open a New Image 600x50 ... Flood Fill layer White
Effects> L en K> Trouble ... with the following settings
Control 2 - 90
Set all others to 0
Image> Canvas Size ... with the following settings

Image> Free Rotate ... with the following settings

Layers> Duplicate ... Image> Mirror ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down
Crop image 600x250
Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Line (default settings)
Change your Foreground and Background to 2 colors from your Tube
Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings
Top - 125
Right - 600
Bottom - 250
Left - 0
Layers> New Raster Layer and with new layer active
Flood Fill Selection with your Foreground color ... Selections> Invert
Flood Fill Selection with your Background color ... Selections> Select None
Change this layers Blend Mode to Multiply
Layers> Merge> Merge Down ... Rename this layer "flux"
Duplicate this layer twice (for a total of 3)
Activate the "flux" layer
Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings
Top - 0
Right - 191
Bottom - 7
Left - 183
Selections> Modify> Select Color Range
Tolerance - 20
Softness - 20
Add Color Range - checked
Reference color - hover your mouse over your Tag and left-click inside the selection
(the reference color box should change to the color you clicked on)
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings
Intensity - 20
Direction - Mix
Activate the "Copy of flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok
Activate the "Copy (2) of flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok
Selections> Select None
Activate the "flux" layer
Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings
Top - 244
Right - 193
Bottom - 250
Left - 181
Selections> Modify> Select Color Range
Tolerance - 20
Softness - 20
Add Color Range - checked
Reference color - hover your mouse over your Tag and left-click inside the selection
(the reference color box should change to the color you clicked on)
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... with the following settings
Intensity - 20
Direction - Mix
Activate the "Copy of flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok
Activate the "Copy (2) of flux" layer
Effects> dsb flux> Bright Noise ... click on the Mix button once then on ok
Selections> Select None
Hide the 2 top flux layers for now ... Paste your Tube as anew layer
Layers>Arrange> Bring to Top (if not already at top in your palette)
Move your Tube to the Left side of your Tag and apply a suitable Drop Shadow
Rename this layer "Tube" ... 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 Black ... Selections> Select None
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 3
Flood Fill with a color from your Tube ... Selections> Select None
Selections> Select All
Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders ... with the following settings
Inside
Anti Alias - checked
Border Width - 1
Flood Fill Black
Selections> Select None
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
Tutorial written on 04/04/2011 ©David Hanslip