© by Christa 14.01.2009
This tutorial was written and designed by me
The © copyright for this tutorial belongs to me alone
The © for the translation belongs to Marlene 14.03.2009
This tutorial may neither be copied nor offered for download at any other site
The material used, comes from tube exchange groups, or tube sites from the web
The © copyright for the material belongs to the individual designer
1 Exclusive tube from Margit
Thank you so much for allowing me to use your lovely material
Should I have, unknowingly, violated any copyright, I ask that you notify me via Email
My thanks goes to all tube designers
This tutorial was written with PSP9
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Material 
Plugins : HIER
Photo Effex_Scanlines : HIER
Graphics Plus
Alien Skin _ Xenofex 2.0
Adjust Variations : HIER
Open all the material in PSP – place the mask_cdb117 into the mask folder
The gradient into the gradient folder of PSP
Open the font – minimize
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Yu may take this little figure 
a long for your orientation
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1.)
Open a new canvas 700x540 px transparent
FG color – a light color from your tubes – mine is #6f97c8
BG color – a dark color from your tubes – mine is #08227f
I picked the color out of the texture
Create the following gradient
Adjust – blur – Gaussian blur – 20
2.)
New raster layer – selection – select all - copy the texture from the material
Paste into selection – selection – select none
Blend mode – Luminance Legacy
New raster layer – fill with the following gradient
Layers – load mask from disk
Merge group
Effects 3d – drop Shadow – 1 /1 /80 /3 – the dark color
Now take the selection tool – rectangle – select the inner part of the mask
New raster layer – move it under the mask layer
3.)
Change the gradient to fading gradient
You find the fading gradient right next to the to the normal one
Fill the selection with this gradient – Gaussian blur – 10
Effects - texture effects – mosaic glass
Keep the selection
4.)
Copy the tube “ SS_873_misted – paste as new layer – place the tube into the selected part
Selection – invert – hit delete once – selection – select none
Blend mode – hard light – opacity – 50%
Copy the tube MMDesignz_Cr020128 – paste as new layer
Image resize –85 %, all layers not checked move to the right
Adjust – sharpen
Merge all layers
Effects – Plugins_Foto Effex_Scanlines
5.)
Image, add border 1 px the dark color
Image – add border 5 px the light color – select with the magic wand
Fill with the powder blue gradient, or one of your own
Effects – Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow – use standard settings – selection – select none
Image – add border – 1 px the dark color
Image – add border – 25 px the light color – select with the magic wand
Fill with the first gradient
New raster layer
Copy the texture from the material again – paste into selection – blend mode – Luminance – legacy
Effects 3 D drop shadow – 2 /2 /85 /3 black – repeat with -2 /-2 – selection – select none
Image – add border 1 px the dark color
Image – add border – 5 px the light color – select with the magic wand
Fill with the powder blue gradient – Cross shadow – standard settings
Repeat the shadow from above – selection – select none
Image – add border 1px the dark color
6.)
Now write the text with the font offered in the material
FG the powder blue gradient – BG the dark color
Vertically
Convert to raster layer
Place the text to the left side of the picture
Effects 3D – drop shadow – 2 /2 /80 /3 /black
Now paste your watermark – merge all layers
Use Adjust Variations to your liking
7.)
Duplicate your picture twice – keep the second duplicate active
Effects – Alien Skin _Xenofex 2.0_Constellation
Repeat this now with the other two layers – clicking on the random seed once each time
Now save your picture as Animationshop_PSP
Open the Animation shop- and go to file an open your picture in the animation shop
Edit – select all and save as gif
I hope you liked the tutorial
Sincerely Christa
