To create this set you will need:

A Tube and a Close-up

I used art by Dirk Richter

Tubes and License available from CDO

Crescent Moon Filters - Warm Cloth

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Choose a medium color from your Tube for your FG

Make your BG black or a very dark color from your Tube

 

New Image - 600x250

Fill with your Color

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

1, 2, 1 - Fill checked - Weave and Gap white

Duplicate this Layer twice for a total of three Layers

On the Top Layer

Crescent Moon - Warm Cloth

Use the Warm Cloth on the other two Layers

Move the Horizontal Spacing to 45 for the Middle

Layer and 55 for the Bottom one

 

Select the Top Layer

New Layer - Selection Tool

Custom Selection

Fill with black (or your very dark color)

Deselect

Duplicate - Flip - Merge Down

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 68 and 5

 

Select the Top Warm Cloth Layer

Custom Selection

Selections - Invert

Promote Selection to Layer

 

Select the Top Warm Cloth Layer again

Copy your Close-up and Paste as a new Layer

Place as desired and change the Blend Mode to one that looks good to you

I used Hard Light for the above example

I used Luminance for the one below

 

Select the Top Layer

Copy your Tube and Paste as a new Layer

Place as desired and give it a blurry drop shadow

 

Crop your Tag

 

New Layer - Send to Top

Fill with color of choice

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 68 and 5

 

Add your Name, CR info and License#

 

Animation

Fire up Animation Shop (AS)

In PSP - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP

Hide the Top Warm Cloth Layer

Copy Merged

In AS - Paste after Current Frame

Back in PSP

Hide the Middle Warm Cloth Layer

Copy Merged

In AS - Paste after Current Frame

Edit - Select All - Animation - Frame Properties

Change the number to 15

View - Animation to make sure you did it right ;)

Save as a gif and you're done!

 

Sample Sets:

 

Another Example with art by Jennifer Janesko

who's art is also licensed by CDO

 

If you try any of my Tutorials

I would love to see what you made!

Please leave a link in the comments section on my Blog

 

Tutorial Idea, Tags/Avis ©Shirley Franklin

www.shirleyswebworks.com