Irish Bling

***Tutorial Irish Bling By JackieBeth, written on January 6, 2011***
**SAVE PROGRESS OFTEN**
***add drop shadows and resize/recolor when you see fit***

Items Needed
Paint Shop Pro/version PSPX was used to create this tutorial
2 tubes/images of choice
Artist I Used: Ismael Rac
work currently unavailable for purchase
filter Alien Skin Xenofex II/Constellation
filter Mura Meister/Copies
filter DSB Flux/Bright Noise
filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame
font of choice/font used in this tutorial: "Reklame Script Regular DEMO"
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open a blank transparent canvas size 550 by 250

with your color picker tool select a light color and a medium-dark color that compliments the main tube you are working with
flood fill your canvas with the darker color of the two
set your lighter color to background color, null foreground

copy and paste your main tube to your canvas
place to left side

select your preset shape tool, set at rectangle
draw a rather thin horizontal rectangle, start overlapping your tube and dragging to the right, to where it overlaps the edge
convert to raster layer
place upper half of canvas (about 1/4 of way down)

duplicate
image/flip
merge the two rectangle layers together

crop entire canvas to size

effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel
Bevel 2
width 9
smoothness 0
depth 1
ambience 0
shininess 0
color white
angle 315
intensity 50
elevation 30

now duplicate your main tube
select bottom layer
effects/texture effects/mosaic glass:
select preset "glass bars horizontal"

apply filter Mura Meister/Copies: tiling (change "number" to 3)
change blend mode to soft light

select your selection tool
set to rectangle
now select the area above and below the rectangle, not going past the tube
press delete on your keyboard
deselect

select your background solid color
apply filter Alien Skin Xenofex II/Constellation:
star size 2
size variation 53
edge star density 9
overall star density 5
overdrive 100
twinkle amount 75
angle 45
keep original image

now select the mosaic glass layer
apply filter Alien Skin Xenofex II/Constellation:
star size 5
size variation 53
edge star density 9
overall star density 5
overdrive 100
twinkle amount 75
angle 45
keep original image

copy and paste your second tube to your canvas
apply filter Mura Meister/Copies: line preset, change "number" to preference
move below rectangle layer
change blend mode to soft light
using your rectangle selection tool select the part of the tube that is showing outside the middle of your rectangle
press delete on your keyboard

merge canvas visible

apply filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame: width 1, matte 1, opacity 100

apply all proper credits
add names/phrases as you wish