First you will need to put your preset shape into your preset shape folder

Pick the tube you would like to use and open it and minimize in PSP

Open a new Image in PSP 600 x 600 making sure transparent is clicked on

Flood fill this layer white duplicate 4 times naming them White 1,2 etc.. Then create NRL (new raster layer)

Click onto preset shape and find the Window shape you downloaded. Now make the foreground clour and the background colour both black. Create your shape onto the raster layer with these settings --->anti-alis checked--->Create as vector checked--->width 4

Then go to Objects--->Align--->center in canvas. I also moved it to the left so my tube didn't cover the whole window. Feel free to move as best suits your tube. Now Select none--->create as raster--->Add drop shadow with these settings V-2 H-2 O-34 B-3--->Duplicate 4 x's and name them Window 1,2 etc...


SAVE your work 

NRL---> paste you tube as new selection onto this layer. Place it where you feel it would fit best.  Resize only this layer by 90% or what you feel would fit best. Leaving room for text later on. Add drop shadow with same settings Duplicate 4 times and rename tube1,2,etc..

Your layers should look like this now



NRL--->Now click on to your floodfill tool and go to your foreground colour. I used  a colour from my tube. Click onto texture and pick a texture that you like. I used these settings-->angel 45--->Scale 50 Then click ok.

View only one of your windows layers. Click onto your shift key and then the inside of the window using your magic wand (from your selction tool)  for each window.  Now go to Slections--->Modify-->expand Expand by 5, click ok.  Now go to your empty rater layer and view only this layer.  Click onto the flood fill tool again and fill each section up.  I flooded it twice so it wasn't too transparent.  Select None. Move this layer under your tube layer and you guessed it duplicate by 4  :teeth and rename them background 1,2, etc.. Create NRL.

SAVE your work

Create a new image 450 x 450. Create 3 raster layers. Flood fill the 1st black. The second place your brush art and use a colour from your tube. I made my own to suit my tube. If you'd like it PM me and I'll try to get it to you. Place your tube into the last layer. I had to resize my tube to 80% to fit. Merge all these layers. Now copy this image.

Go back to your original image. View only one of the windows layers. Once again using the magic wand and the shift button, click onto each window. [color=darkblue]Selections--->Modify--->expand by 4[/color]. Click ok and 'view only' your empty raster layer.  Paste the image you copied into selection. Select None.  Place this raster under your tube layers.  Now duplicate (yes I said the D word  ) 4 times and rename them Puzzle 1,2 etc...

Your Image should now look like this if your viewing all



Save your work
Create NRL for you text.  Open the Karate text you downloaded or the one you want to use and click onto the text tool and change the direction on it to go down (it should be the middle one). Also go to "create as" and change it to vector. Now put your text in and move to the right of your tube. Convert to raster layer. I fiddled with it and moved the letters around my tube..one at a time.  You can also place your copyright here and anything other text you'd like.  Add drop shadow. I used V-2 H-1 O-60 B-3. It made the letters 'PoP'.  Also once again duplicate 4 times and naming them text 1,2 etc...

Go to Puzzle 5. View this layer only. Go to Effects--->Plugins--->Xenofex 2--->Puzzle  Click onto the "make knockouts transparent" button. Also put 10 in the columns area to the left.  Like the pic below:



Now click 4 times onto the Knockout 10% button. Click ok. Got to puzzle 4.   Same plugin only this time, restore all pieces and click the knockout button 3 times.   View only puzzle 3, restore all pieces and click the knockout button 2 times. View only Puzzle 2 and once agian restore all pices and click onto the knockout button once. Lastly Puzzle 1 click onto the restore all pieces button and then ok.

SAVE your Work

Almost Done!  

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Animation! At last WooHoo!


This is how I do it..some of you may have other ways to do it.

Go to your PSP image. View all the #1's, they should be in order. Merge Visible. Repeat for the #2's, #3's etc... you should end up with this:



Save by viewing one layer at a time and saving as PSP animationshop. Naming them 1,2 etc...

Open animation shop. Go to File animation Wizard. For the frame properties use 50. Open each of the 5 files you saved.  Open 1,5,4,3,2,1,and then 1 again.  It should look like this



Click the finish button and re-size to what you would like :)

Save! Hope you enjoy your Tag :)  

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