This is what we will be making.

Supplies:
PSP
Tube of choice 1) Open your tube, duplicate then close the original. Resize your tube to no taller then 350. Edit / Copy

2) Pick a dark and a light color from your tube

3) On the materials palette select your gradient apply these settings. Linear Angle at 90 Repeat at 0.

4) Open canvas size 1024W x 400H (or 1280w x 400h for large screens) then flood fill with gradient.

5) Effects / Reflection Effects / Feedback and apply these settings

6)Effects / Seamless and apply these settings

7) Edit / Paste / Paste As New Layer

8) Using your mover tool move the tube to the far left of your background.

9) Apply drop shadow with settings of

Vertical and Horizontal at -2 (minus 2)
Opacity at 72
Blur at 2
Color set to black

OPTIONAL: You can mirror your tube and rotate it to where it looks like it is going into the tunnel.

10) Apply your watermark them merge all.

11) Save using JPEG optimizer set at 25%.

We are finished.

This is solely my creation any resemblance's are purely coincidental.

April 12, 2005
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