To create this Set you will need:

A Tube and a Close-up by the same Artist

I used art by Jennifer Janesko

Tubes and License available from CDO

Greg's Factory Output Vol II - Pool Shadow

Transparency - Eliminate White

My Pattern

Right-click and save to your computer

Open it in PSP

Ready?

Let's Begin!

 

Choose a medium-dark color to compliment your Tube for your BG

Set the FG to Pattern and choose my Pattern

Angle 0 - Scale 100

 

We're going to start with the larger Tag

New Image - 600x400

Fill with your Color

Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform - 23 - Mono checked

Greg's Factory Output Vol II - Pool Shadow

Move the Intensity slider to 50

Duplicate Layer - Image - Flip

 

New Layer

Fill with My Pattern

Transparency - Eliminate White

Copy your Close-up and Paste as a New Layer

Position as Desired

 

Rectangular Selection Tool

Select an area around your Tube

Make sure you have selected top to bottom

Selections - Invert - Delete

Change the Blend Mode to Luminance

Pull down the Opacity a little

Invert Selection

New Layer - Drag it under your Tube Layer

Fill with Black or a dark color from your Tube

Deselect

Add Noise using the same settings

Drop Shadow - 15, 15, 100 and 30

 

Copy your smaller Tube and paste as a New Layer

Position as desired

Drop Shadow - 15, 15, 100 and 30

 

New Layer

Fill with Dark Color

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Crop your Tag

 

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

 

Time to get what we need for the Forum Sized Tag and Avi

Shift+D to copy your Tag TWICE

 

On the First Copy

Remove the Border Layer

Make a Custom Selection

The reason we're doing this instead of just Cropping it,

is that you may want to move your Tubes around to create the look you want

Once you're happy - Image - Crop to Selection

New Layer - Fill with Dark Color

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

Animate the same as the Tag

This is your Forum Sized Tag

 

On the Second Copy

Remove Art and Border layers

Crop Tool - 150x150

Move to where you want it and click the green arrow to apply

New Layer - Fill with Dark Color

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Add your Initial

Save as a JPG

This is your Avatar

 

Animation

Fire up Animation Shop(AS)

In PSP - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP

Hide the top BGLayer

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste as After Current Frame

 

Edit - Select All - Animation - Frame Properties

Change the Number to 50

Save as a Gif and you're Done!

 

Here is another Sample using art

by the fabulous Ismael Rac

Tubes and License available at his Store

 

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