Orange Beauty

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 23, 2012

For more info read my TOU

Plugins

Eyecandy 5 Textures Swirl

The tube I used Orange is by Keith Garvey, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

Open a new transparent canvas 940x450, we will resize later

Pick a color from your tube for the foreground & background

Floodfill with your foreground gradient, angle 45, repeats 8, linear

Duplicate 2 times

Apply Eyecandy Texture>Swirl

Settings Random large loops, long streaks

Basic Check add swirl to original image

Random seed 1

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

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed & position on the left side

Duplicate & mirror

Change layer properties to Lighten

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

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