Busy Budding

***Tutorial Busy Budding By JackieBeth, written on April 3, 2012***
**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
tube/image of choice
Artist I Used: Cuddly Rigor Mortis
you MUST purchase a license at CDO HERE to use his work
filter DSB Flux/Blast
filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame
font of choice/font used in this tutorial: "Headliner No. 45 AND HFF Pessoas Lindas"
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open a blank transparent canvas size 600 by 250

copy and paste tube of choice to canvas

using your color dropper tool select a color from your tube
select raster layer 1, flood fill layer with the chosen color

duplicate your tube
select the bottom tube layer
adjust/blur/gaussian blur: 15
duplicate
merge the two blurred layers down
crop entire canvas to size

effects/texture effects/blinds
width 5
opacity 35
color: black
horizontal selected
light from left/top selected

effects/texture effects/blinds
width 12
opacity 35
color: black
horizontal unchecked
light from left/top checked

effects/edge effects/enhance
duplicate layer

image/mirror

apply filter DSB Flux/Blast:
direction left
percentage 20
repeat filter
direction: right
repeat filter
direction: downwards
repeat filter
direction: upwards

merge down the two blurred layers
change blend mode to soft light

hide the tube layer
merge visible

apply filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame:
(change only the following)
width: 30
matte: 1
opacity: 75

unhide your tube layer

merge visible
apply filter AAA Frames/Foto Frame: width 0, matte 1, opacity 100

apply all proper credits
add names/phrases as you wish