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For this tutorial, you’ll need a working knowledge of PSP.

I’m using PSP X4 but any version should work. 

This tutorial is my own and any resemblance to any other is purely coincidental.

Supplies for this tutorial:

PSP (any version)

Tube by Ismael Rac.

You *MUST* have a license to use this tube!

Find them here: www.xeracx.net/store 

Animation here: HERE

Xero-Soft Vignette

Xero-Radiance  

Any elements you want to use 

(mine come from a FTU kit called Flirty from Kittz. You can find it HERE: http://kittzkreationz.blogspot.com/ )

AS(animation shop)

::Let’s begin::

Open new canvas 500*175

flood fill white

Add new layer

flood fill with a color to match your tube

Apply Xero-Soft Vignette with these settings:

Shape-horizontal

Sharp-checked

Effect type-foreground color

Pattern type-Diagonal mesh

Repeats-15

Width-62

Height- -33

Strength-85

Copy and paste the close up of your tube

Duplicate 3-4 times and place abut your canvas. 

Change blend mode to luminance legacy

Apply Xero radiance (default settings)

Copy and paste any elements you want to include in your tag. 

I used these awesome flower branches from a kit from KittzKreationz

Add drop shadow to whatever elements you add. 

Copy and paste your tube

Add drop shadow

Now you can add your white rectangles by using your rectangle tool

Draw out your rectangle.

Convert to raster layer

Change the opacity to about 50 (play with it to see what works best for you)

Selections

Select all

Selections

Modify

Selection borders

-both sides

-width1

Add new raster layer

flood fill w/ color to match your tube

Add noise of choice

Select none

Merge down to your white rectangle.

Duplicate

Mirror

Add your word art

Add noise to it if you’d like

Add new raster layer

Select all

Selecions

Modify

Selection borders

Same settings as before

flood fill w/ same color

Add same noise setting

Add your name and © info.

--if you’re not going to animate, save here & you’re done.--

::TO ANIMATE::

Close off your white background layer, your layer your color was on that you applied the vignette effect to, & your close-up layer of your tube(s).

Merge visible

Unhide those other layers and merge them together.

You should now have two layers

Copy your first layer

Paste as new animation in AS

Back to PSP

Copy the second layer

Paste as new animation in AS

::In AS::

Open your animation

Resize it if you need to.

See how many frames it is & duplicate both your background layer of your tag and your top layer of your tag to that many frames.

This animation I’m using has 20 frames.

Select all the frames of your animation

-COPY-

Select all the frames of your background

Right click in the first one

-PASTE INTO SELECTED FRAME-

Place your animation

I did this twice--one on each side of my tube.

Select all frames of your top layer

Right click

Copy

Back to your background layer where you just placed the animation

Select all frames again

Right click in the first frame

-PASTE INTO SELECTED FRAME-

Position your top layer and click to paste.

View animation

If you’re happy w/ it save. Enjoy your new banner!