What do we need for this Tutorial.

Mask.
Gradient.
Tube.
Font.
Dsb Flux

  *Open a new image 400 x 400 transperant.

  *Fill your imaga with your Gradient.

  *Mask/New from image with these settings:

  *Mask/Delete and click Yes when you see the warning.

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

  *Move your image up and to the left..

  *Open your tube and make sure it's 300px heigh. Copy your tube.

  *Paste your tube as a new layer on your 400 x 400 image.

  *Move your tube down and to the right.

  *Effects/Plugins/Dsb Flux/Radial Mosaic with these settings:

  *Put the opacity of this layer back to 50.

  *Paste your tube as a new layer on your 400 x 400 layer.

  *Image/Resize with 80% all layers not checked.

  *Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

  *Effects/3d effects/Dropshadow with the same settings as before.

  *Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

  *Choose 2 colors from your tube and type your text with these settings:

  *Distort you text now.

  *Go to your layerpalette and make from the vector layer a layer.

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

  *Effects/3d effects/Dropshadow with the same settings as before.

*Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

*Edit/Copy/Paste as a new image.
Resize the image the longest side to 400 px.
All Layers Checked.
Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

*Save your image as .jpg and your Finished.

Semantha 06-09-2004