Hot Orange Tag
PSPX

*I have had to change the screenshots for this tutorial as
Sonia Roji's work is no longer available without a licence.
I'm now using the work of one of my favourite artists
Christopher Shaw
I really should have changed the name of the tut to Hot red LOL

This tutorial was written for January 17th 2006
by Sandie © Artwork by EssexGirl, All Rights Reserved.
please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permission.
This tutorial originally appeared at Grafix Nut House and EssexGirl.uk.com
Graffix Nuthouse is now closed

*NOTE*
Sometimes the links for filters change, it's difficult (and a lot of work) to
keep changing them on individual pages, so I have created a page with
links to filters and programs that I have used in my tutorials.
That way it is easier for me, because when there are changes I will
only have one page to update and hopefully better for you, because I'm
less likely to miss a page out when doing the updates :)

You will find links to filters/programs used in this tutorial Here
the link will open in a new window

Filters and programs used in this tutorial :-
Paint Shop Pro
Tramages

Materials :-
A font of your choice
A tube of your choice

Step 1.
Open your tube in psp.
We want to use a gradient that compliments your tube, so use the
Dropper Tool to choose 2 colours from your tube a dark colour for
the foreground (left click) and a light colour for the background.
You can minimise your tube for now.

Make the foreground on your palette 'Gradient'
Style=Linear
Angle=45 Repeats=1
Invert=ticked
from the dropdown list choose 0000-fore+back

Feel free to choose another gradient if you prefer

Go to File...New...and open a new image
Width=200
Height=200
Raster Background
Transparent

Flood fill with your gradient

Step 2.
Go to Effects...Plugins..Tramages...Tow The Line
use the default settings

Step 3.
Go to Effects...Distortion Effects...Polar Coordinates...
Rectangular to polar
Edge mode=Transparent
Go to Image...Resize...
Resize the image by 75%, resample using Bicubic
It doesn't matter if the all layers box is ticked or nor,
as we are going to change the canvas size anyway.

Step 4. Go to Image...Canvas Size...
Change the size of the canvas to Width=550
Height=450
lock aspect ratio =unticked
Background=Transparent
In the Placement section choose the centre box

Next we are going to duplicate and resize the layer several
times, so that we have discs in different sizes. I chose to
have 5 discs, reducing each one by 75% in size, but the number
and amount of resizing you use is up to you, so just use the
rest of this step as a guide.

Do this 4 times --- Go to Layers...Duplicate...
Image...Resize...
resize by 75% resample using Bicubic
All layers=unticked

Use the Mover Tool to position the discs as you like,
then go to Layers...Merge...Merge Visible...
I placed mine like this

Go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow...
Vertical and Horizontal offsets= -5 (minus 5)
Opacity=45
Blur=10

Step 5.
Go to layers...New Raster Layer...
Then Layers...Arrange...Send to Bottom
Change the gradient setting to
Angle=90
Repeats=0
The other settings stay the same
Flood fill the layer with the gradient

Go to Effects...Plugins...Tramages...Tow The Line
Use the default setting again (same as step 2)

We want to rotate the whole image, not just the layer, so
Go to Image...Rotate Left...
(if you are using psp8, or 9 this will be
Image Rotate Anti-clockwise, or Counter-clockwise 90)
Apply Tramages again using the same settings, then
Go to Image...Rotate Right...(clockwise)

Step 6.
Go to Effects...Distortion Effects...Lens Distortion...
Horizontal and Vertical=0
Distortion type=Pincushion
Strength=50
Edge mode=Transparent

Go to Image...Resize...
Resize by 80% Resample using Bicubic
All Layers=unticked

Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow...
use the same settings as before
(H & V=minus 5, opacity=45, blur=10)

Step 7.
Open up the tube that you minimised earlier
Go to Edit...Copy...then close it again
On your main image go to
Edit...Paste...Paste as a new layer...
Resize the layer if necessary and move the tube to the position
you want and apply a drop shadow with the same settings as before.
Add any copyright information. here's my screenshot.

Step 8. Add your name in the font and colours of your choosing
I have used Sloop Script Three in black
Apply a drop shadow to your text with these settings
Vertical and Horizontal offsets= -3 (minus 3)
Opacity=45
Blur=5

Merge all and resize as necessary.

Here is another version that I created using a different tube and font

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