Jose Swirls Forum Tag

I used PSP 9 to make this tag, but it should work in all versions

Animation Shop

Supplies Needed

Tube and Close up of choice- I used a tube and closeup by Jose Cano which can be purchased from Scraps and the City

Please Note, YOU MUST have a license to use any art purchased from Scraps and the City

Template: I used SpawnsFSTemplate058 made by Dave Aka Spawn. You can download this template and many more from his blog HERE

Fonts Used: Pixelade and Janda Swirlygirl

Filters Needed

Eyecandy 4000- Swirl

Mura Meisters-Copies

Lets Get Started!

Open up the template

Shift+D and then close original

Delete the credits layer

Using the dropper tool, select a dark colour of choice and set it as your background

Select the main background layer, select all 

Layers, New Raster layer

and flood fill with the above colour 

Effects, texture effects, blinds with the following settings
Width-3
Opacity-29
Black
both boxes checked

adjust, add/remove noise, add noise

Uniform 15% and monochrome checked

Select None and Delete the main background layer

Delete the Outer Black Dots Layer.

Select the Light Grey Foreground layer

Select all, float and defloat

Layers new raster layer

Flood fill with a gradient of choice

I used the following

Keep selected and duplicate your new layer 2 times for a total of 3 layers

On the first layer use the following Eyecandy 4000 Swirl Settings

When in the swirl, click settings and click Small and twisty, use the default settings

On the first duplicate, repeat the above settings but click random seed and ok

On the second duplicate, repeat and click random seed once and ok

Select none and hide the 2 duplicate layers

Delete the Light Grey Foreground Layer

Copy and paste your close up as a new layer

Resize by 50%

Mura Meisters Copies with the following settings

Crop 600 x 250

Select the Darker Grey Foreground layer

Select all, float and defloat

Selections invert and hit delete on your mura copies layer

select none

Change the blend mode to luminance (L)

Paste your tube as a new layer, position to where you like.

I placed mine to the right and under the border layer

Drop Shadow. I used 2,2,80, 5.00 Black

Crop 600 x 250

If you do not want a white border

Select all, float, defloat

layers, new raster layer and floodfill with colour of choice.

Select none and delete the white border layer

Now is the time to add ©Information and your name

For the ©Information, I use Pixelade, size 10 and Black and give it a gradient glow

For the name, I used Janda Swirlygirl size 72 and colour from my tube.

I also gave it a slight gradient glow and drop shadow