Forum set Latex Love

Supplies Needed:

PSP 

Tube of choice. I am using one by Zlata M, exclusive for The PSP Proyect Store you can purchase the tube here

Animation Shop

Plugins:

Dsb flux here

Muras Meister Copies

Eye candy 4000 (Gradient glow)

Font here

Open a new image: 600x200.

Make a gradient with two colors of your choice or use a gradient alredy done.

Lynd04-059

Style: Sunburst

Repeats: 2

Invert: checked

floodfill the canvas with the gradient.

Open the tube or close up. Copy and paste as a new layer in the center. 

Go to: Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Copies:

Try to get something like that and apply. 

Selections - Select All. Selections - Invert. Edit - Clear. Deselect.

In the layer palette change the blend mode to: Overlay. Duplicate.

Select the original layer. 

Go to: Effects - Plugins - Dsb flux - Blast:

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add noise:

Uniform

25 percent

Monochrome

Select the top layer. And with a bold font(I've used impact) write: LATEX LOVE (all in caps) or something you like In color white.

Add drop shadow:

V: 2 H: 2

O: 40 B: 5

Edit - Copy. Edit - Paste as a new selection 3 more times. Deselect. In the layer palette, low the opacity to: 60.

Open your tube. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize if needed. Place it in the center or were you want. 

Selections - Select all. Invert. Edit - Clear. Deselect. 

Duplicate the tube. Adjust - Blur - Blur More

In the layer palette change the blend mode to: Overlay. low the opacity to: 50.

Add a new layer. Selections - Select all. Selections - Modify - Select Selections borders.

Inside

Border width: 3

Anti-alias: unchecked

Floodfill with the gradient. Deselect. Add noise, if you want.

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add noise:

Gaussian

55 percent

Monochrome

Go to: Effects - Plugins - Eye candy 4000 - gradient glow:

Add your name and the copyright info. 

If you want a non animate banner, save now as jpg or png.

To animate:

Activate the bacground layer. Go to: Effects - Plugins - Dsb flux - Bubbles:

Edit - Copy Merged. Open Animation Shop. Paste as a new animation.

Back to psp. Edit - Undo. Apply the plugin again but the setting: 

Bubbles from 13 to 16

Copy merged and Paste after current frame. Repeat the steps changing the 

bubbles to: 19, 17 y 15. 

In Animation Shop you should have 5 frames. Edit - Select All.

Animation - Frames Properties: 14

Play animation. If you like it save as gif.

You're done!

Avatar: 

Open a image 150x150.

Floodfill the canvas with the gradient we used for the banner. 

Copy and paste the tube, resize if you want. Image - mirror. Place it in the right side of the canvas.

Apply Dsb flux - Blast. Apply Noise:

Uniform

25 percent

Monochrome

change the blend mode to: Overlay. 

Write LATEX LOVE with the font Impact in color: #ffffff . Image - Free Rotate:

Left - 90.

Arrange it above the tube in the right side. Add drop shadow:

V: 2 H: 2

O: 40 B: 5

low the opacity to: 60.

Open your tube. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize. Place it in the left side. 

Selections - Select all. Invert. Edit - Clear. Deselect. 

Duplicate the tube. Adjust - Blur - Blur More

In the layer palette change the blend mode to: Overlay. low the opacity to: 50.

Add a new layer. Selections - Select all. Selections - Modify - Select Selections borders.

Inside

Border width: 3

Anti-alias: unchecked

Floodfill with the gradient. Deselect. Add noise, if you want.

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add noise:

Gaussian

55 percent

Monochrome

Apply the gradient glow used. Add your name and the copyright info. 

Animate as we did before.