This tutorial was created by Mystic on May 21, 2007.
~~ Credits ~~
The tuber of the main tube is Ann, you can get her tubes here.
The tuber of the tube at the end of tutorial is Suzi Sagi, you can get her tubes here.
~~ Supplies ~~
Corel/Jasc Paint Shop Pro X here.
Download Mezzoforce Ice 1.02 here.
Download VM Distortion here.
Download the Supplies here.
Download the Brush Variance Preset here.
Place your filters in your filters folder.
Place the font in your fonts folder.
Place the tube in your tubes folder.
Place the Preset in your PSP preset folder.
Before starting you should note that no two tags will be the same due to the brush variance process.
1. Open a new image width 500 and height at 375.
2. Set your Foreground to a medium colour from your tube I used #fef1f8 and set your background colour to #000000 (the foreground colour used in the sample below was #c0598a).
3. Go to View/Palettes/Brush Variance. This will open the Brush Variance palette below your colour palette.
4. Minimize your layers palette so you can fully see your brush variance palette.
5. Click on your paint brush tool.
6. Click on your Prest button and choose Mystic_brush_variance.
7. This is what your Brush Variance Palette should look like now.
8. This is what your paint brush tool bar should look like.
9. Now paint in your work area completely, make sure there are no spaces showing.
10. Go to Effects/VM Distortion/Kaleidoscope and use the default settings.
11. Again to Effects/2manekenai/MezzoForce-Ice and set to the following settings.
12. You may use the Mezzo Force effect again if you wish, this is totally up to you, if you do and you don't like it just hit the undo button.
13. Duplicate this layer.
14. Go to Selections/Select All.
15. Back to Selections/Modify/Contract and set this to 12.
16. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and set the to the following.
17. Now lets close the Brush Variance Palette by clicking on the X and open up the layers palette by clicking on the restore palette which is the two little boxes sample below.
18. Click on your Move Tool to activate it.
19. Now click on the the center of your work area to activate the bottom layer.
20. Copy and paste your tube and arrange to where you like it.
21. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and set to the following settings.
22. Now click on your Pen tool and draw a slight diagonal line.
23. Add a new layer.
24. Click on your pen tool and hover over the line till you see an A with a half circle under it, once you see it click.
25. Now type your name, I used the following settings, depending what colours you used would depend on what colour your background colour will be.
26. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and add the drop shadow using the same settings previously used.
27. Deselect your selection.
28. On your layers palette close your vector layer (the line).
29. Add your watermark and save your work.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and like the end results.
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