Are You A Star?

Tutorial wrote in PSP X on the 27th January 2008   Tubes of Choice (I used Barbara Jensen, purchased from here ) Two fonts, One script and one fat       Open a new 600x500 canvas Flood fill white Select your text tool Foreground Black, Background null. Stoke 2 Using your chunky font write the word STAR Using the nodes stretch the word until happy Convert to raster layer Select inside of all of your letters Selections, Modify and expan by 1 New raster layer, move it below your outline Flood fill black Selections, Modify and contract by 2 Now paste your tubes on to your canvas and move them below your outline When happy with placement go to selections, Invert then delete Select none Now dublicate the black star fill Move it above your tubes Change the blend mode to Hue (Legacy) Now add your main tube and place it so it lends against the STAR word Add a dropshadow of your choice to your tube and Star Outline Now using a scripty font write a saying of choice Add your dropshadow Merge visble all Except the white layer and your saying Dublicate the merged layer Now on the original go to adjust, blur then gaussian blur - 15 Effects, Texture effects - Weave with these settings Gap Size - 1 Width - 7 Opacity - 6 Weave and Gap - White Fill Gaps checked Effects, Texture effects - Blinds with these settings Width 6 Opacity 61 Colour White Light from Left/top Checked Select your symmetric shape - star 6 sides draw a few stars in various sizes round the STAR word and merge them together now change the colour to a light colour and add a few more stars and merge them together but not with the other colour!! Add artist copyright on a new layer Now click back on the light stars layer Adjust, Add/Remove Noise - add noise 50% Gaussian Copy merged and CTRL AND V into animation shop Undo the noise and re apply but change to 55% Copy merged and CTRL AND L into animation shop Undo the noise and re apply but change to 60% Copy merged and CTRL AND L into animation shop View animation and If happy Save!!!