I'm fabulous

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice. I've using the art of Carlos Reis.  Available at The PSP Project Store. Find the tube here

Forum set template 001 by me in PSP here and PSD here  **new link here

Animation by Lovey: 2 whiteswirl here

Plugins: AAA Filters - Good Vibrations here

Funhouse - Chaos Mirror

Eye Candy  4000 - Gradient glow

Font here and here

Open the template. Duplicate and close the original.

delete the layer:

Credits.

Select the back layer and floodfill with a color from your tube.

Open the close up of the tube, c/p in the canvas until the background is cover. merge those layers:

Apply Gaussian Blur:

Radius: 7 (or 8)

Effects - Plugins - AAA Filters - Good Vibrations:

Apply Again but select Darken instead of Lighten.

Duplicate the layer. Effects - Plugins - Funhouse - Chaos Mirror:

Uncertainty: 35

Note: to have a good effect you may have to vary the number to suit with your tube.

In the layer palette: Change the blend mode of the layer to: Overlay and low the opacity to: 60.

Activate the layer: Fill of Mid Rectangle. Selections - All. Float - Defloat.

Open the closeup again, c/p in the canvas. Duplicate. Move to the mid rectangle the part you like and merge down.

Selections  - Invert. Edit - Clear. Deselect.

In the layer palette: change the blend mode to: Luminance. Apply blinds:

Activate the layer: dot border. Apply - Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow:

Select the Color tab and in the menu, select: Fat but change the settings.

apply shadow to:

Half Circles

Mid Rectangle

border

Drop Shadow:

V: 2 H: 2

O: 50 B: 5

Select the layer: Wording 2

Apply Inner Bevel:

Apply shadow:

V: 1 H: 3

O: 55 B: 3

Open the main tube, c/p in the canvas. Place it in the center. Resize if desire.

Apply Shadow:

V: 2 H: 4

O: 50 B: 6

Add your name and copyright.

You can:  Export as a png or jpg.

Or you can animate (;

To animate:

Close all the layers, except the color background, background with filters and the duplicate background, Half Circles and mid rectangle.

Copy Merged.

Open Animation Shop. Paste as a new animation.

Open: 2-whiteswirl-lovey10.mng. the animation has 21 frames.

You need to duplicate the image until you have 21 frames.

Select the first frame. Edit - select all.

Activate the white swirl. select the first frame. Edit - select all and drag it to the background, place it where you like it.

I've placed mine in the center.

Back to psp, close the layers opened. Open all the others layers, copy merged. Paste as a new animation.

duplicate until you have 21 frames. Drag and drop in your animation and be careful with the borders.

Now play the animation and if you like it. Save as gif (=