Christmas forum set

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Misticheskaya

which you can purchase from Pics for Design

My Template_89 HERE

Muras Meister Copies

Eye Candy 4000

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 26th November 2016 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

shift D to duplicate, close original

delete credits layer

make bg layer active

copy and paste tube as new layer

muras meister, copies, wallpaper (rotate) default settings

adjust, blur, motion blur, angle 315, strength 100

repeat

Paste tube as new layer again

position to the right a little but not entirely behind the rectangles

you may wish to mirror it too

change blend mode to screen, lower opacity to 50ish

paste tube again

resize and position to the left slightly

dropshadow of your choice

make rectangles layer active

select all, float, defloat

paste tube as new layer twice

position one to the left and

one to the right

invert

hit delete on your keyboard on each tube layer

invert, 

expand selection by 1

back on rectangles layer

floodfill red

deselect, 

add noise, 100%

Make stars layer active

select all, float, defloat,

new raster layer

floodfill red

add noise, 100%

deselect

add your favourite inner bevel to the stars

add a fat white gradient glow and dropshadow

delete original stars layer

Make circle border active,

select all, float, defloat, new raster layer

floodfill red, add noise as before

dropshadow

deselect and delete original layer

make circe layer active

select all, float, defloat, new raster layer

floodfill with a red/green gradient, sunburst, repeats 0

make sure the red is in the middle and the green is on the outside

paste tube as new layer

position to your liking

invert selection, delete

deselect

change blend mode to luminance (legacy)

Make border grey active

select all, float, defloat, new raster layer

floodfill with red/green gradient, linear, angle 136, repeats 9

deselect

add noise if you wish or your fav inner bevel

or both, whatever you like

Add name, copyright and license information

merge all 

save as jpg

Make matching Avatar if you wish