Damned Memories

Supplies Needed: 

PSP 

Tube of choice. I am using one by Barbara Jensen. Find the tube: here

Cluster frame by me: here

Plugin: Xero (Fritillary and Fuzzifier) here

Font here

Open the cluster frame. Delete the credits layer. 

Resize and add a white background.

Click Inside of the frames, selections - Modify - Expand by: 5 pixels.

Open the closeup or tube you want to use. Select two colors and make a gradient.

My choice:

Foreground: #0f383a

Background: #7bb7bb

Style: linear

Angle: 0

Repeats: 2

Invert: checked

Add a new layer, floodfill with the gradient. Duplicate the layer.

Select the original layer. Apply gaussian blur - Radius: 3

Activate the copy. Effects - Plugins - Xero - Fritillary:

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

c/p the closeup or tube in the frames. Remove the excess and deselect.

Add drop shadow:

V: 0 H: 4

O: 55 B: 5

Activate the cluster frame:

Add drop shadow:

V: 0 H: 3

O: 54 B: 6 

Add copyright and your name. Export as a png or jpg, if you want a non animate tag.

To animate:

Activate the layer with the frittillary effect.

Effects - Plugins - Xero - Fuzzifier:

Copy merged.

Open Animation Shop. Paste as a new animation.

Back to psp. Undo the fuzzifier effect.

Apply again but change the spread to: 4

Copy merged. In Animation Shop, paste after current frame.

Back to psp and repeat these steps once more.

Apply gain but change the spread to: 3

Select the 3 frames in Animation Shop. Change the speed to: 13, if you like save and you're done!