***Claustrophobic By JackieBeth, written on August 20, 2011***
***save as you go along***
***add drop shadows and resize/recolor when you see fit***
Items Needed
Paint Shop Pro/version PSPX was used to create this tutorial
tube/image of choice
Artist I Used: Jamie Kidd
you MUST purchase a license at CDO store HERE to use their work
font of choice/font used in this tutorial: "Seabright Monument"
filter Xero/Porcelain
filter Mura Meister/Copies
filter DSB Flux/Radial Smox
filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame
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open a blank transparent canvas size 550 by 200
copy and paste tube of choice to canvas
apply filter Xero/Porcelain: change blue to 0
place tube to right side of canvas
select a color from your tube with your color dropper tool
floodfill background with choosen color
duplicate your tube
select the bottom tube layer
adjust/blur/blur more
repeat
apply filter Mura Meister/Copies: Wallpaper
crop entire canvas to size
with the middle layer selected (the mura meisters layer)
apply filter DSB Flux/Radial Smox:
Scale 23
Density 41
Frequency 46
Tune 72
effects/texture effects/texture:
apply a texture to suit your set that you like
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(this step optional)
duplicate your background
recolor 0, 0
change opacity to 25
hide the tube and bottom fill layer
merge visible
unhide tube and bottom fill layer
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change opacity of the middle layer to 90
apply a texture effect to the solid fill background
make sure its a different texture
merge canvas visible
apply filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame: width 1, matte 1, opacity 100
apply all proper credits
add names/phrases as you wish
help? comments? suggestions? questions? email me at [email protected]