Supplies needed:
Tube of choice - I am using the fabulous artwork of Misticheskaya
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
My Template HERE
Font of choice
Filters - Penta.com, Xenofex2
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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th August 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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Open template
Frame layer active
magic wand, feather 0, mode add
select inside numbers 1, 3, 5 & 7
expand by 1
new raster layer
floodfill with a gradient made from 2 colors from your tube
linear, angle 45, repeats 2
deselect
drag below the frame layer
name this layer 1
Back to frame layer
this time select inside numbers 2, 4 & 6
expand by 1
floodfill with same gradient but change the angle to 0
deselect
drag below frame layer
name this layer dots
Effects - Penta.com - color dot
default settings but change distance to 4
back to frame layer
magic wand, same settings as before, click inside
all the border parts
expand by 1
new raster layer
floodfill with a very dark color that matches your tag
deselect
drag below frame layer
name this layer border
now you can delete the numbers layer
copy and paste tube as new layer
duplicate
make sure one is just above layer 1
and the other is just above the dots layer
make layer 1 active
select all, float, defloat, invert
hit delete on 1st tube layer
deselect
dropshadow tube
make dots layer active
select all, float, defloat, invert
hit delete on 2nd tube layer
deselect
change the blend mode to screen
Frame layer
select all, float, defloat,
new raster layer,
floodfill with a light color that matches your tag
deselect
delete original frame layer
Border Layer
duplicate twice
on bottom one, select all, float, defloat
effects - xenofex2 - constellation
star size 2
star variation 3
edge density 1
overall density 1
overdrive 100
twinkle 100
rotation 45
keep original image
repeat constellation on the other two border layers
ensure you hit random seed on each one
deselect
add name, copyright & license information
hide top 2 border layers
copy merged
Open Animation Shop (AS)
paste as new animation
back to psp
close bottom border layer
open middle border layer
copy merged
back in AS
paste after current frame
repeat for 3rd border layer
save as gif