To create this Set you will need

A Tube

I used art by Barbara Jensen

Tubes and License available Here

My Selections Here

Unzip into your My Documents/My PSP Files/Selections Folder

Xero - Porcelain

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Textures - Texture Noise

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

New Image - 600 x 400

Fill with Black

Duplicate this Layer Twice for a Total of Three Layers

On each of these Layers

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Textures - Texture Noise

Click the Settings Tab - Choose Factory Default

Click the Basic Tab

Hit the Random Seed Button Once for each Layer

 

New Layer

Choose a color to compliment your Tube

Load the SWWWBars Selection

Select your Paint Bucket Tool

Set the Match Mode to None

Fill the Selection with your Color

Deselect

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Xero - Porcelain - Blue Channel 0

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5 - Black

Custom Selection

Delete - Deselect

 

New Layer

Load SWWWBars2 Selection

Fill with your Color

Deselect

Duplicate and Mirror

Adjust - Brightness/Contrast

Brightness -255 - Contrast 0

Merge Down

Xero - Porcelain - Blue Channel 0

Effects - Distortion Effects - Twirl - 180°

Move Left - See the Sample Tag for Placement

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 20

Re-apply the Drop Shadow if you want

 

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer

Position as desired

Drop Shadow of choice

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

New Layer

Fill with Black

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5

 

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

Shift+D to Copy your Tag - Twice

 

Using the First Copy

We'll make the Avatar

Delete Art, Name, CR info and Border Layers

Resize to 450 x 300

Set your Crop Tool to 150 x 150

Move to where you want it

Hit the green arrow to apply

Add the Border and your Initial

Set this aside for now

 

Using the Second Copy

Remove the Border Layer

Custom Selection

Top - 0

Left - 0

Bottom - 250

Right - 600

Move the elements of your Tag

Inside the Selection where you want them

Don't forget your CR Info

Crop to Selection

Add the Border

Set this aside for now

 

ANIMATION

Starting with the Tag

Make sure all Layers are Visible

Edit - Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop (AS)

Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP

Hide the Top Texture Noise Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste After Current Frame

Back in PSP

Hide the Middle Texture Noise Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS - Paste After Current Frame

Edit - Select All

Animation - Frame Properties

Change the Number to 25

Save as a gif

 

Animate the Forum Tag and Avatar 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 Fanpage

 

Tutorial Idea, Tags/Avis ©Shirley Franklin

www.shirleyswebworks.com