01. Open your tubes / duplicate (shift+d)
/ close the originals
02. Open a new transparent image measuring 900 x 700px
03. selections / Select all
04. Copy the tube misted landscape and paste it into the
selection
05. Select none
06. Layers / New Raster Layer
07. Layers / Arrange / Move down
08. Paint it with a color that matches the tube
09. Merge visible
10. Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / duplicate
11.Adjust/blur/Average = 15
12. Effects / user defined filter / emboss 3
13. Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / Shift at slant
14. Effects / User Defined Filter / emboss 3
15. Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / shift At Random
16.Adjust/sharpness/sharpen
17. Layers / New Raster Layer
18. Selections / Select all
19. Copy the tube misted landscape and paste it into the
selection
20. Select none
21. Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask [20-20]
22.Merge Group
23. Layers/duplicate
24. Remove the visibility of the Copy of Raster 1 layer
25. Activate the Raster 1 layer
26. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: Darken
27. Activate layer above
27b. Merge down
28. Adjust / sharpness / sharpen More
29. Activate and return the visibility of the Copy of Raster
1 layer
30. Image / Resize: 90% - all layers unchecked
31. Adjust / sharpness / sharpen More
32. Merge visible
33. Layers/duplicate
34. Remove the visibility of the Merged layer
35. Activate the Copy of Merged layer
36. Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask
[theasylumpspmaskbyheidimanimal214] - INVERT MARKED
37. Merge Group
38. Drop shadow: 5 5 100 5 black
Repeat with negative V and H
39. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: Overlay
40.Adjust/sharpness/Sharpen
41. Layers / duplicate
42. Merge down
43. Return the visibility of the Merged layer
44. Image / add borders / symmetric marked / 2px / black
45. Image / add borders / symmetric arcade / 10px / dark
color (use the one that predominates on the edge of the mask
applied in item 36.
46. Select this 10px border with the Magic Wand (tolerance/feather=0)
47. Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel
48. Adjust / sharpness / sharpen more
49. Select none
50. Image / Add borders / symmetric marked / 2px / black
51. Image / Resize: width=900px
52. Copy the tube character and paste it as a new layer
53. Make any adjustments you deem necessary (resize, sharpen,
position)
54. Drop Shadow: 5 5 80 15 black
55. Put your signature
56. Merge All
57. Save as jpeg
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