Puppet

original tutorial can be found HERE


Material


Filters Used
Funhouse : Trémors
Funhouse : Emission Miror
AP innovation : lines silverlining : Dotty grid
Borduremania : 3D couleur 1
DBS Flux : Linear transmission
Simple : Blinz
Miror rave : Quadrant flip
AAA frame : Frame works
Alien skin impact : extrude
Mura meister : perspective tilling
Penta com : dot and cross
Eye Candy 4000 : bevel boss

Colors
color 1 -> foreground color -> #fccbb6
color 2 -> background color -> #745661


translator’s note : I work with PSPX7,
but you can realize this tag with another version of course
I used one of my tubes ; you can get it for free on my site
I used the following colors --> #e7b6fa   and    #3d3d66

use the pencil to follow the steps
left click to grab it


Realization
Step 1
open the alpha layer, window/duplicate
close the original and work with the copy

Step 2
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient   0 / 0

Step 3
flood fill the layer with this gradient

Step 4
effects/plugins/Funhouse/Tremors

Step 5
redo step 4 with the same settings

Step 6
adjust/sharpness/sharpen more

Step 7
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/60 pixels

Step 8
selections/invert

Step 9
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with the gradient

Step 10
effects/plugins/Funhouse/Emission Mirror

Step 11
effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 12
selections/select none

Step 13
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with the gradient
effects/plugins/AP01[Innovations]/Lines Silverlining/Dotty Grid

Step 14
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/select none

Step 15
activate the bottom layer (Alpha layer)
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #2
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/Bordure Mania/3D color n°1

Step 16
selections/select none

Step 17
layers/duplicate
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/85%
effects/plugins/Dbs Flux/Linear Transmission

blend mode of the layer : Multiply (or other)
layers/merge/merge down

Step 18
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

Step 19
effects/plugins/Simple/Blintz

 

Step 20
effects/plugins/Mirror Rave/Quadrant Flip

adjust/sharpness/sharpen more

Step 21
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #3
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/FrameWorks

the last 3 lines are the RGB settings of your foreground color

Step 22
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with color 2
selections/modify/contract/2 pixels
DELETE
selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down

Step 23
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before (numbers still in memory)

Step 24
your layers palette looks like this

Step 25
your tag looks like this

Step 26
activate raster 1 (second from the top)
effects/texture effects/blinds/color 1

Step 27
activate the top layer
copy/paste as new layer the decoration tube 1
effects/image effects/offset

Step 28
layers/duplicate
image/mirror/mirror horizontal
layers/merge/merge down

Step 29
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black

Step 30
copy/paste as new layer the decoration tube 2
effects/image effects/offset

Step 31
layers/duplicate
image/mirror/mirror horizontal
layers/merge/merge down
effecs/3D effects/drop shadow/   1 / 1 / 50 / 2 / black

Step 32
layers/arrange/move down 3 times (above promoted selection 1)
layers/merge/mereg down
image/resize/ « all layers » unchecked/85%

Step 33
activate the top layer
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #4
layers/new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient

Step 34
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Extrude/color 1

effects/edge effects/enhance
selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black
image/resize/uncheck « all layers »/80%

Step 35
effects/image effects/offset

Step 36
activate « promoted selection » (second from the bottom)
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #5
selections/promote selection to layer

Step 37
effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Perspective Tiling

adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
selections/select none

Step 38
activate Raster 1 (fourth from the top)
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #6
DELETE
selections/select none

Step 39
activate « Promoted Selection » (second from the bottom)
selections/load selection/from alpha channel/selection #7
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/select none

Step 40
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

Step 41
image/add borders-->
2 pixels color 2
3 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2

Step 42
selections/select all
image/add borders/40 pixels color 1
selections/invert
flood fill the selection with a linear gradient/   0 – 1 (uncheck « invert »)

Step 43
effects/plugins/Penta.Com/Dot and Cross

Step 44
effects/plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Bevel Boss/
tab « settings » -> Carve With Lip

tab « basic » -->

tab « lighting » -->

Step 45
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections/select none

Step 46
image/add borders/2 pixels color 1

Step 47
copy/paste as new layer the character tube
image/resize/uncheck « all layers »/80%
(translator’s note : I resized to 70%)

Step 48
effects/image effects/offset

effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   5 / 15 / 50 / 30 / black

Step 49
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

Step 50
image/resize/900 pixels wide
adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask

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