This tutorial was written on January 12, 2009
and is the sole property of Kimberly Beach
aka Silent Angel Designs. Any resemblence
to other tutorials is by coincidence only.
Please do not offer this tutorial elsewhere
or claim it as your own.
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Supplies:
Jasc Paint Shop Pro. I used PSP 9
but this should work equally well in other versions.
Tube of choice- I am using art by Armando Huerta
*at the time this tut was written this artist was with MPT,
which is now closed. Please obtain license from whatever company
this artist is now with. Thank you

Font of Choice - I used a & s Rhino and A & S Black Swan.
Outside Filters -Two Moon Wish It Would Rain
This is a very quick and easy tutorial. I hope you enjoy! :0)

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Open a new image that is 750 wide and the height of your tube plus 5.
Flood fill with a light to medium color from your tube
Paste tube as a new layer and duplicate 2 times
Move top layer tube over to left and close layer off.
Merge lower two tube layers and lower the opacity to 60%
Merge down into background layer.
Apply Two Moons - Wish It Would Rain
Settings:
255, 96,0
Activate the top tube layer.
Apply Effects - Artistic Effects - Sepia Toning
I set mine to 27 but use what looks good with your tube.
Use the selection tool to draw a rectangle around your tube
Layers - New Raster Layer
Move it under your tube layer
Flood fill with a medium to dark color from your tube
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Width 10
Opacity 50
Color - White
Horizontal and Light from Top/left both checked
Drop Shadow:
V & H 2; Opacity 75; Blur 5
Do again but change V & H to -2
Layers - Merge- Merge All
Resize, add your text of choice
Add appropriate copyright info and tagger info
Export as jpeg.