SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL  

Drop Shadow:

Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color White

Step 1

Open up a new image 527 width by 527 height and flood fill this image with black.

Step 2

Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 3

Go to Effects/Plugins/DSB Flux/Gears and use these settings:

Gears 35 and Strength 7.

Step 4

Open up the star fill pattern.  Left click the top color box and when the color selection window opens up, left click the pattern tab.  At the drop down menu, locate the star fill with angle 0 and scale of 100.

Step 5

Left click the magic wand and left click it on the tag to select it.  Flood fill the tag with the star pattern but DO NOT deselect.

Step 6

Go to Selections/Modify/Expand 2.  Go to Layers/New Raster Layer.

Step 7

Left click the top color box and when the color selection window opens up, type in this color where it says html: #0cdd01.  Flood fill this selection with this color but DO NOT deselect.

Step 8

Go to Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom and go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow applying the settings with the color black from above.  Go to Selections/Select None.

Step 9

Open your tube graphic and the space accessories file.  Make your tube graphic active and go to Edit/Copy.  Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.  If the tube graphic is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers checked.

Step 10

Add some of the space accessories on separate layers and resize, if necessary.

Step 11

Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. 

Step 12

Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your text.  Apply a drop shadow to your text using the drop shadow settings from above with the white color.

Step 13

Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your copyright information.  Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 14

Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, Bicubic and Resize all Layers checked.

Save this file as a psp or psd file.  We will add the animation in animation shop.  Click here to continue.