Main Tube
(Mine is a PTU from picsfordesign.com)
2 Masks are included in the supplies here-
4Shared
or
DropBox
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No Outside Plugins Used-
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Open all the tubes in PSP, duplicate and minimize, Close Originals
Pick two colors that blend nicely with your main tube
Forgeround color-Light
Background Color-Dark
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Change your forground color to Gradient using these settings-
Linear, 90, 0, Invert Checked
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Step 1-
New-700x700
Floodfill with foreground gradient
Layers~New Raster Layer
Foodfill with background color
Step 2-
Layer-New Mask Layer~From Image~
32_sharev_msk
Invert Checked
Layers~Merge Group
Step 3-
Layers~New Raster Layer
Change Gradient back to Foreground color
Floodfill with your foreground color
Layers~New Mask Layer~From Image
145, Invert checked
Step 4-
Layers~Merge~Merge Group
In the materials palette, lower Opacity to 50
Layers~Merge~Merge~Merge All (Flatten)
Step 5-
Effects~Image Effects~Seamless Tiling
Corner, Bidirectional, 0, 0, 50, Linear
Layers~Promote Background Layer
Image Add Border~5, background color
Layers~Duplicate X2 (two times)
Step 6-
Highlight On the middle layer- Copy of Raster 1 (X out the top layer)
Image~Resize~85%
Image~Rotate~Free Rotate~
Right, 45 degrees
Effects~3D Effects~Inner Bevel
2, 3, 0, 6, 6, 0, 315, 50, 30, white
Step7-
Open and Highlight your top layer-Copy (2) Raster 1
Image~Resize~75%, All Layers UNchecked
Effects~3D Effects~Inner Bevel, same as in Step 6
2, 3, 0, 6, 6, 0, 315, 50, 30, white
Step 8-
Maximize your tube
Edit~Copy
Edit~Paste~Paste As New Layer
Image~Resize to the appropiate size for your tag
I positoned mine to the bottom center (See my tag above for an example)
Effects~3D Effects~Drop Shadow
2, 2, 100, 2, Black
Step 9-
Layers~Merge~Merge All (Flatten)
Image~Add Borders~5-Foreground color
Image~Add Borders~45-Background color
Step 10-
Using the Magic Wand tool, click on the 45 border
Add~RGB Value~20, Contiguous Checked, 0, Anti-alias Checked, Outside
Step 11-
Layers~New Raster Layer
Floodfill with Foreground color
Effects~Reflection Effects~Pattern-using the settings below-
96, 91, 103, -21(minus), 5, 10, 0, 0
Step 12-
Effects~3D Effects~Outer Bevel-
2, 5, 5, 10, 5, 5, white, 315, 50,30
Selections~Select None
Layers~Merge~Merge All (Flatten)
Step 13-
Image~Add Borders~5, Background color
Image Resize by 65%
Adjust~Sharpness~Unsharp Mask
10, 15, 10
Step 14-
Layers~New Raster Layer
Add your copyrights and Text
Layers~Merge~Merge All (Flatten)
Save as JPG to your designated Folder
Thank you for doing my Tutorial.
And a Special Thank you to my Testers-
Jani
MaryD
Luda
Sammy