Faded

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Julsy

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

Filter - Muras Meister - copies

Font(s) of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 300

c/p tube

effects, muras meister, copies

wallpaper rotate default settings

adjust, blur, radial blur

twirl, elliptical, 50,10,0,0,10

recenter if you need to

rename this layer twirl

custom selection

top & left 0, right 700, bottom 25

new raster layer

floodfill with a dark color from your tag

deselect

d/s 2,5,50,8,black

name this layer top bar

duplicate

image, flip

name this layer bottom bar

custom selection

top & left 40, right 140, bottom 200

new raster layer

change foreground color to white

floodfill with fading foreground gradient

angle 270, repeats 0

lower opacity to 60

new raster layer

floodfill with white

contract 1, delete

deselect

selection tool, rectangle, feather 10

draw a rectangle from the right across about 1/3

of the white border, delete

(the idea is to have a fading frame round your faded rectangle)

hide the bottom 4 layers

merge visible

rename this layer faded rectangle

unhide the bottom 4 layers

duplicate your faded rectangle twice

mirror one of them, 

image effects, offset h-500, v-30

on the 2nd duplicate

offset h-10, v10

again hide the bottom 4 layers

merge visible

duplicate

rotate left 90

offset h300, v-60

lower opacity to 65

custom selection

top & left 0, right & bottom 30

new raster layer

floodfill white

contract by 10

floodfill with the same dark color as the bars we made earlier

add your favourite inner bevel

deselect

duplicate

offset, h36, v0

duplicate

repeat offset

merge all 3 squares together

rotate left 90

reposition between the two sets of faded rectangles

now using your selection tool, rectangle, feather 0

select round the tiny colored square, copy

deselect

paste as new layer

resize by 70

position in the top left corner of the vertical

faded rectangles

duplicate twice and move them into a vertical line

a few pixels apart from each other 

merge them together

duplicate

rotate left 90

reposition to the same place on the horizontal faded rectangles

c/p your tube, resize if necessary

position on the right edge of your canvas

duplicate

gaussian blur 9

change blend mode to overlay

merge down

duplicate, mirror

make your vertical faded rectangles layer active

select all, float, defloat, invert

on your mirrored tube, position to your liking

within the selection then hit delete a couple of times

deselect, lower opacity of tube to around 35

Using a small or pixel font, and a contrasting color

type out your name or favourite saying or quote across the top bar

add some nice faded brushes to your twirl layer if you wish

add your name, copyright and license information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

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Here are some more examples made by the members of my group Taggers Inn