The tutorial is written in PsP 9...and is written for the advanced PsP user

Needed:

* A beautiful tube. The best result is created with a tube that has straight edges left and right
   My tube is added in the zip file - put it in a folder of your choice
Put the filters in your plug-in folder
* Filters Unlimited 2.0 - demo
* Fantastic Machines – Paint Engine
* Italian Editors - Effeto Fantasma
* Fonts: An Unfortunate Event and ABC Schrift Drei EF
* A nice gradient - Mine is in the zip, you place it your PsP 9 Gradients folder
* My selections - place these in your PsP 9 Selection folder
* A vertical picture with flowers - The one I used is in the zip and you can put it in any folder

* supplies zip
 

Now that you have everything...let's get started.....

1. Open a new transparent image of 500 x 350 pixels.
2. Flood fill your image with MAS-Pride gradient or your own gradient of choice with the following settings
    and make sure your gradient is set on linear

3. Go to Effects – Plug-in – Fantastic Machines (Paint Engine) and use the following settings:

4. Go to your tube – Image – Change Format and make it 350 pixels in height (as screen)

5. Adjust – Sharpness – Unsharp mask (as screen)

6. Edit – Copy
7. Edit – Paste as new layer on your image rename the layer tube
8. Layers- New Raster Layer
9. Selections – Load from disc – MAS-PrideTutorialLinks and fill this with your gradient, same settings as before



10. With your selection still intact Effects – Texture effects – Blinds with the following settings

Use a light color, I am using #9eb5d5 and leave your selection still intact.

11. Selections – Modify - Contract on 2 – Invert – Floating and fill with a dark color, I am using  #233253.
12. Selection still  intact go to 3D Effects – Inner Bevel – Frame (should be standard in PsP 9),
      but if you don't have it here are the settings.

13. Selections – Select nothing
14. Effects – Plugging – Italian Editors Effect – Effeto Fantasma with the following settings:

The tube is still underneath but not to worry....It will all work out just fine...:)

15. Layers - New Raster Layer
16. Selections – Load from disc – MAS-PrideTutorialRechts
17. Reverse your gradient (as screen) and fill your selection with it.

18. Effects – Texture effects – Blinds with the same settings as in step 10 only use a dark color this time
      I am using #233253.
19. Selections – Modify - Contract on 2 – Invert – Floating and fill with a dark color, I am using  #233253.
20. Selections - Select nothing
21. Effects – Filters – Italian Editors Effects – Effeto Fantasma with the same settings as step 14. You should now have this.



22. Go to your tube layer and then Layers – Arrange – Bring to Top and move your tube against the edge (see example)

 

23. With your tube layer active go to Effects – 3D Effects – Drop shadow with the following settings:

ATTENTION: Drop shadow on new layer is checked.

25. Make your tube layer active again and repeat the drop shadow again, but now with horizontal and vertical on –2.

As you can see, the drop shadow gets over the squares left and right…I don't think it looks so good with
my tube, so I thought of the next and it depends on what kind of tube you are using if you will do the next 2 steps.

26. Go to you selection tool with the following settings

27. Make your Shadow layer 1 active and create a selection like the screen below and hit delete on your keyboard
      and repeat this on your Shadow layer 2.

28. Merge your tube layer and shadow layers visible.
29. Now get your flower graphic and go to Edit - Copy
30. Edit – Paste as new layer on your tag and move the graphic to the left (see example)
      now put the blend mode on this layer to Luminance (legacy) and the opacity to 30

31. Go to Layers - Arrange - Move down and repeat this until the graphic is the 2nd layer on the bottom (see example)

32. Make your top layer active and go to Layers - New Raster Layer
33. Selections - Load from disc - MAS-PrideTutorialLinks1 and fill this selection with your dark color.
34. Selections - Select nothing
35. Put the blend mode on this layer to Luminance (legacy) and the opacity to 35 and go to
      Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten)
36. Take your text tool and lock your foreground color and put your background color on your light color and then
      find the font ABC Schrift Drei EF and use the following settings

37. Type your poem or text and move it to the left (see example) and convert the vector layer to a raster layer
when you are completely happy with the way your text looks.



38. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow with the following setting and use your dark color

39. Image - Rotate - Rotate Clockwise 90, I am doing this so the text will stay clear and sharp.
40. Go to your text tool and find the font An Unfortunate Event and use the same settings as with the poem, but
     adjust the font size and convert the vector layer to raster layer when you are satisfied with the text.
41. Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow with the same settings as step 38.
42. Image - Rotate - Rotate Counter Clockwise 90
43.  Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten)
44. Image - Add Borders on 2 pixels and use the green color as in the example

45. Take your magic wand, feather and tolerance set to 0, and select your green border and fill with your dark color
and leave your selection intact and go to
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel and use the Frame preset again as in step12.
46. Selections - Select nothing
47. Image - Add Borders 10 pixels and use your light color select the border again with your magic wand
and go to Effects - Plug-in - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Papyrus and use these settings:

48. Selections - Select nothing
49. Image - Add Borders on 2 pixels and just use your dark color now
50. Select the border again with your magic wand and go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner bevel - Frame as before
51. Selections - Select nothing

And now.....you are finished....Resize your tag to your liking and sharpen...then save as .jpg

Go here to see some other results...

I hope you had fun with this tutorial....and please let me know what you think of it by leaving a comment
in my Guestbook....

Hugs,

AngelFace