This tutorial is an adaptation of my Watermelon Tutorial HERE

You will need PSP and Animation Shop

Tube, close-up and font of choice

I used the wonderful art of Ismael Rac

Do not use his work without a license from his store Here

Italian Editors-Effetto Fantasma

MuRa Meister-Copies

Xero Porcelain

Ready?

Lets Begin!

New Image 600x250

Copy your tube and paste as a new layer on your tag

MuRa Copies-Wallpaper Shrink-default settings

If the background isn't completely covered-make a new layer,

fill with a color from your tube-send to bottom and merge visible

Motion Blur-50, 100- twice

Edge Effects-Enhance, then Erode, then Enhance

Duplicate Layer - Italian Editors-Effetto Fantasma 97 and 255

Edge Effects-Enhance

Set the Blend mode to overlay and merge visible

Xero-Porcelain-all settings to Default except move the Blue slider to 0

Duplicate layer- Mirror- Change opacity to 50

Merge Visible

Paste your close up on the right side and change the blend mode to soft light

Paste your tube on the left side - Drop Shadow - 5, 27, 47, 84

Crop your tag

Highlight your bottom layer-Select all-Modify, Contract 5-Invert

Promote selection to layer-deselect-send to top-mirror and flip it

Still on your promoted selection, Xero-Porcelain-same settings

Merge visible

Add Artists CR info and your License # if necessary

Type your name-I used P22 OhLey (pay font)

Merge all visible-save as a Jpg and thats it!

 

Sample set made for my friend Marj at the Zone

 

Thank you for trying out my tutorial!

I love to see results, so please post a link to yours if you try it

in the comments section of my Blog

 

Tutorial and Tags/Avatars by Shirley Franklin / www.shirleyswebworks.com