Throw Down

***Tutorial Throw Down By JackieBeth, written on January 19, 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: verymany

you MUST purchase a license at their store HERE to use their work
filter Mura Meister/Copies
filter Xero/Porcelain
filter Xero/Fritillary
filter DSB Flux/Bright Noise
filter AAA Frame/Foto Frame
font of choice/font I used in this tutorial "Sinzano"
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open a blank transparent canvas size 550 by 200

copy and paste tube of choice
apply filter Xero/Porcelain: change blue to 0

place in middle of canvas

using your dropper tool select a color from your tube
add a new raster layer
move below tube layer
floodfill with that color

apply filter Xero/Fritillary:
granularity: 10
aggression: 27
tesselation 100
variation 82

adjust/softness/soften
repeat the soften step 19 times, for a total of 20

select your selection tool
custom selection
top 0
right 23
bottom 200
left 0

add a new raster layer
floodfill white
move between background and tube layer

crop entire canvas to size

apply filter Mura Meister/Copies: throw
duplicate
image/mirror
image/flip
merge the two bar layers together

selections/select all/float/defloat
selections/modify/contract 2 pixels
select the background layer
in your palette right click on the background layer
select promote selection to layer
selections/select none

move the promoted layer above the bar layer
select the white bars
apply filter DSB Flux/Bright Noise: mix, 75
add slight drop shadow (2, 2, 50, 5, black)

duplicate the main background layer
recolor 0, 0
change opacity to 70

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

apply all proper credits
add names/phrases as you wish