Hawt Looks

 

 ***Tutorial Hawt Looks By JackieBeth, written on August 30, 2010***

**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

Animation Shop

3 tubes/images of choice

Artist I Used: Ismael Rac

work currently unavailable for purchase

font & mask of choice/font used in this tutorial: "RaveParty Bold"

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open a blank transparent canvas size 500 by 500

flood fill white

add a new raster layer

flood fill black

add a new raster layer

select your materials property

choose color white and a texture of choice

click ok, flood fill canvas

lower opacity of textured layer to 50

merge the texture and black background layer together

select three close up tubes of choice

copy and paste them to your canvas

place to preference

add a slight drop shadow to each tube

merge the three tubes together

set blend mode to soft light (or another blend mode if desired)

hide the white background layer

merge visible

apply mask of choice

merge group

unhide white background layer

select the masked tubes layer

duplicate 4 times

select the top masked tube layer

effects/illumination effects/lights

now select the first light tick

place to the first tube you want to illuminate

mess around with the settings til that light is on that one tube

the other 4 ticks just horizontal and vertical to 200

each tube you illuminate will have different values depending on how large or small you want the light to be

after you have the light for the top layer hide that layer, select the second and make the light for the second tube

do the same with the third and then close that layer

now you have the original masked tube layer you started with

copy merged

paste in animation shop as new animation

in PSP hide that layer

go back and unhide the very top layer

copy merged

paste after current animation

do the same for the second and third lights as well

lastly select the bottom masked tube original image again

copy merged, paste as the last frame

the first frame properties set at 150

second through fourth 125

fifth frame set at 250

apply all proper credits

add names/phrases as you wish