What do we need for this tutorial.

Tube
Font
Plugin Unlimited 2.0
Plugin Texturizer.

  *Open a new image 500x500.

  *Put your foreground to #CDF4D0 and your background to #6CA36E and at gradient with these settings:

*Fill your image with your gradient.

*Image/Resize with these settings:

*Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

  *Effects/Plugins/I.C.Net Software/Filters Unlimited 2.0 with these settings:

  *Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer with these settings:

  *Image/Resize with the same settings as before.

  *Duplicate this layer. Make sure that layer 1 is your active layer.

  *Image/Rotate with these settings:

  *Move your image in position. Your image should look something like this now:

  *Activate the copy of layer 1.

*Color/Colorize with these settings:

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  *Put the opacity back to 70.

  *Open your tube and copy.

  *Past your tube as a new layer on your 500x500 image.

  *Effects/3d effects/Dropshadow with these settings:

  *Layers/New Raster Layer this is your text layer.

  *Put your background back to the color.

  *Type your text with these settings:

  *Distort your text a little bit.

*Selections/Select None.

  *Move your text in position with your movertool.

  *Make from the vector layer in your layer pallete a raster layer.

  *Effects/3d effects/Inner Bevel with these settings:

  *Effects/3d effects/Dropshadow with these settings:

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  * Edit/Cope/Past as new image.
Resize your image the longest side to 400 px.
All layers checked.

*Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

*Save your work as .jpg and your Tag is ready.

©Semantha 21-08-2004