To create this Set you will Need:

PSP and Animation Shop

Both available Here

A Tube

I used art by Barbara Jensen

Tubes and License available Here

 

No Outside Filters will be needed

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Choose two colors from your Tube for your FG/BG

On the FG make a Linear Gradient

Angle 90 - Repeats 8

New Image - 600x400

Fill with your Gradient

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Duplicate - Mirror

 

New Layer

Custom Selection

Fill with one of your Colors

Deselect

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

1, 4, 1 - Weave and Gap your Other Color

Fill Gaps Checked

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5

Pull the Opacity down to 75

 

New Layer

Custom Selection

Fill with your Gradient - Deselect

Effects - Distortion Effects - Pixelate

Width 12 - Height 66 - Symmetric unchecked

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer

Move left

Duplicate and Mirror

Merge the Tubes Layers together

Highlight the Fourth Layer from the Bottom

Select All - Float - Defloat

Selections - Invert

Highlight the Tubes Layer

Delete - Deselect

Change the Blend Mode to Luminance(L)

Crop to 600x400

Highlight the Fourth Layer from the Bottom

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5

 

Hide the Bottom Two Layers

Merge Visible

Unhide All Layers

Highlight the Top Layer

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer

Apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Crop to 600x400

 

New Layer

Fill with White or one of your Colors

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete

Expand 1 - Invert Selection

Fill with Black or the other one of your Colors

Deselect

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5

Time to add your Name, CR info and License #

 

Now Let's get what we need for the Forum Tag and Avatar

Shift+D to copy your Tag - TWICE

 

First we will make the Avatar

On the First Copy

Delete Border, Tube, Name and CR Layers

You will still have art on one of the Layers

Crop Tool - 150x150

Move it to the Top Center of the Tag

Hit the Green Check Mark to Apply

 

Add the Border and your Name

Set aside for now

 

Now for the Forum Tag

On the Second Copy

Delete the Border

Make a Custom Selection

Move the Elements of your Tag

around INSIDE the Selection

until you're Satisfied

 

Crop to Selection

Add the Border

Set this aside for now

 

ANIMATION

Start with the Tag

Make sure all Layers are Visible

Fire up Animation Shop (AS)

In PSP

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS

Edit - Paste as New Animation

In PSP - Hide the Top BG Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS

Edit - Paste After Current Frame

Edit - Select All - Animation - Frame Properties

Change the Number to 25

View Animation to make sure it's right

Save as a Gif

 

Animate the Avatar and Forum Tag the same way

 

Here's another Set

Also using Art by Barbara Jensen

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