Pink Sensation!

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 28, 2012

For more info read my TOU

Plugins

VM Instant Art Barbwire

Eyecandy 4 HSB Noise

The tube I used Pink & Ginger is by Anna Liwanag, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The name of my font is Amperzand

Open a new transparent canvas 940x400, we will resize later

Floodfill with black

Apply vm instant art barb wire with these settings

Scale 85, contrast 95, generator 1 60, generator 2 80, inverter 0

Play with the colors to get one that matches your tube

Activate your magic wand, set tolerance to 20

Holding down your shif key click on the bright areas

Duplicate 2 times

Apply eyecandy hsb noise, change pattern to smooth lumps

click on settings, select transparent haze

Randoms seed 1

Repeat on other 2 layers clicking on the random seed button each time

Paste your tube as a new layer

Add drop shadow

Move to left side

Duplicate & mirror

Change layer properties to hard light

(You may want to play with this, depending on your color)

Resize all layers to 65%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide animation 2 & 3

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 1 & unhide #2

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 2 & unhide #3

Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)

Result by Kaye W