Wired Cage

For this tutorial you will need

PSP-I used X3, but this can be done in any version

EC4000-HSB Noise

VM Instant Art-Wired

Xero-Porcelain

Tube and Close-up Image of choice

I used the awesome art of Steve Baier

Please do not use this art without a proper license from UYA

Font of Choice

I used PR8 Bowl of Lard - a pay font

Ready?

Lets Begin...

New Image 600x250

Select all-Paste your Image into the selection -Deselect

Adjust-Blur-Motion Blur- Angle 315, Strength 100 -Repeat

Edge Effects-Erode, then Enhance

Duplicate, then flip and mirror it

Blend mode to Multiply- Opacity to 59%

Merge Visible- New Layer

VM Instant Art-Wired -These Settings

Magic Wand-Default Settings-Select in the black area

Selections-Modify-Select Color Range

DELETE- Invert Selection

Select the bottom layer and Promote Selection to Layer

Deselect and Delete the Wired Layer

Duplicate the Promoted Selection Layer -Image Flip-Merge them together

Drop Shadow- 5, 5, 61 and 5

Highlight your bottom layer and paste your close-up on the right side

Change the Blend mode to Overlay, lower Opacity a little

Crop your Tag to 600x250

Resize your Tube to 300px height and paste on the left side of your tag

Crop your tag again

Xero-Porcelain-Change the Blue Channel to 0

Drop Shadow-5, 27, 61, 84

New Layer-Arrange-Send to Top if it's not already there.

Flood-fill with black or a dark color from your Tube

Select all-Modify-Contract by 1-DELETE-Deselect

Time to add your Copyright info and license # if necessary

Then add your name

Lets Get what we need for our Avi

Hide the promoted selection layer and everything above it and Merge Visible

Hide the Merged layer and the promoted selection layer and inhide everything above and Merge Visible

Merge Visible

So you should now have 3 layers-

Bottom- The background layer merged with the close-up on the right

Middle-The Promoted Selection Layer

Top-The Tube on the left, name and cr info and 1px frame

Hide the top layer-highlight the bottom one

Rectangular selection tool- Draw out a selection on the left side

Copy, then paste the bottom layer as a new image

Back on your Tag, highlight the middle layer, copy

and paste as a new layer on your avi

Make a 1px border like for the Tag

Add your Initial and CR Info

Merge Frame, CR and Initial layers

ANIMATION

Duplicate your Promoted Selection Layer twice for a total of 3 Layers

On these 3 layersr-EC4000-HSB Noise-Hit the Random Seed Button once for each Layer

Hide the top 2 Promoted Selection Layer-copy merged and paste as a new animation in Animation Shop

Back in PSP-Unhide the middle Promoted Selection Layer and hide the bottom one

Paste in Ani Shop after current frame

Back in PSP-Hide the middle Promoted Selection Layerand Un-hide the top one

Paste in Ani Shop after current frame

Change the Frame Rate to 25

Save as a gif and you're done!

Another example, made for my buddy Rich

Tutorial and Tags/Avis