To create this set you will need

A Tube and a Close-up

I used art by Tim Lowery

Tubes and License available at PTE

MuRa's Meister - Copies

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Choose a Color from your Tube

New Image - 600x400

Fill with your Color

Adjust - Add Noise

Gaussian - 100% - Mono Checked

Adjust - Blur - Motion Blur

Angle 45° - Strength 100%

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Custom Selection

Promote Selection to Layer

Deselect

Image - Mirror

MuRa's Meister - Copies

Line Preset - Default Settings

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 75 and 8

Highlight the BG Layer

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

Choose Black or a Dark Color for your Gap Color

Make the Weave Color White or a Light Color for your Weave Color

Duplicate this Layer twice

On each of these BG Layers

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

35 - Mix Checked

Hit the Mix Button once for Each Layer

 

Highlight the Top BG Layer

Custom Selection

 

Copy your Close-up and Paste as a New Layer

Move where you want it inside the Selection

Selections - Invert

Make sure you're on the Close-up Layer

Delete - Deselect

Drag this Layer to just above the Top BG Layer

Change the Blend Mode to Luminance

 

Highlight the Top Layer

Custom Selection

Delete - Deselect

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer

Move into position and give it a Blurry Drop Shadow

New Layer - Make sure it's on Top

Fill with Black or another Dark Color

Select All - Contract 3 - Delete

Keep Selected

Expand Selection by 1 - Invert

Fill with the Color you chose in the beginning

Deselect

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 75 and 8

 

Before we go any further

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

Shift+D to copy the Tag - TWICE

 

On the First Copy

Remove Art and Border Layers

Set the Crop Tool to 150x150

Move the Crop Box to where you want it

Hit the Green Check Mark to Apply

Add the Border

Add your Initial

Animate like we will for the Tag

This is your Avatar

 

On the Second Copy

Remove Border Layer

Make this Custom Selection

Move your Tubes where you want them

INSIDE the Selection

Crop to Selection

Add the Border

Add your Name, Word Art, CR info and License#

Animate like we will for the Tag

This is your Forum Tag

 

Back to our Tag

Add your Name, Word Art, CR Info and License#

 

Animation

Fire up Animation Shop(AS)

In PSP - Edit - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste as a New Animation

In PSP - Hide the Top BG Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste after Current Frame

In PSP - Hide the Middle BG Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste after Current Frame

That's it, you're done!

 

Another Example

Also using Art by Tim Lowery

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