This Tutorial was written using PSP 8
This tutorial was written by me and I retain all rights to same.
Your results, however, are not and are yours to do with as you will.
I hope that you enjoy making this Sig and if you have any questions please E-Mail me.
Supplies you will need This tutorial uses the VM Toolbox - Zoom Blur
plugin which you can
download here It also uses Eye Candy 4000, which unfortunately does not offer a free trial of the plug-in used.
I have put an alternative using drop shadow; although it does not give quite the same effect it is close
Written in PSP 8 Download 30 Day Free Trial You can use your own image or use the one I did.
To download the image and font I used please click here. Open the tube in psp. Open the font and minimize for use in PSP
Now that you have all your supplies let's get started
open tube: Duplicate (Control D) Close Original
Resize tube 75% All Layers Unchecked
duplicate the tube
close top layer
working on the bottom layer
resize: 80% all layers unchecked
effects: distortion effects twirl 600
adjust - blur - motion blur:
settings: angle 358 strength 25
effects: vmtoolbox; Zoom Blur amount 54 adjust 75
open up the top layer (Your Tube)
Resize by 90% all layers unchecked
with your selection tube choose elipse and draw around the bottom of your tube.
Selections: modify feather 10 then hit delete a few times
If you do not have eye candy 4000, apply a drop shadow with these settings
V H 6
Opacity 60 blur 40
Apply again with V & H set at -6
Add a new layer
Add your text font I used
Psycho size 36
foreground color: #AB9E8B
background color: #DACDB4
Add an inner bevel
settings:
width 19
smoothness 40
depth 10
ambience 0
shininess 45
angle 320
intensity 30
elevation 40
add gradient glow with same settings as before.
merge all and save as a jpeg.
I hope that you have enjoyed this tutorial if you have any questions please leave a message in the Forum or e-mail me
