4. And of course you need a font of choice
There is no need to search for filters or plug ins as
those used are all found in PSP


Now that we have gathered our supplies let's rock this thing!


1. Open a blank canvas 700 x 700 transparent
2. Create new raster layer
3. Go to selections, select all
4. Paste your image "into selection"
or flood fill with your chosen gradient
5. Selections, select none
6. Go to Layers, if you saved your mask to PSP
files go to Load/Save Mask, Load Mask from Disk
and select your chosen mask. If you did not save the mask
to your files then you'll need to open it as
an image in PSP, go to layers, create new mask layer, create
from image.
7. Go to layers, merge, merge group
8. Duplicate you mask layer
9. Make sure Copy layer is selected and go
to Adjust, Blur, Radial Blur
with the following settings:


10. Go to Layers, Merge, Merge Down
11. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer resize
and position as desired
12. Add drop shadow of choice. I used V3, H3, Opacity 85, Blur 5
13. Copy and paste your close up layer as a new layer, now
on your layer pallet drag this below your tube layer and position
as you see fit
14. Add your second mask to the close up layer
15. Go to layers, merge, merge group
16. Reduce the opacity of this layer to about 35%
17. On your layer pallet close out your background layer or if
you intend to save as a PNG instead of JPEG then just delete layer
18. Go to layers, merge, merge visible
19. Now go to Image, Resize, make sure "All Layers" is
NOT checked and resize to 80%
20. Back to Image, Resize, "All Layers" checked, resize to 400 x 400
21. Add artist copyright info, your watermark, and name.
22. If saving as a PNG go to layers, merge, merge visible.
If saving as a JPEG make sure your background layer
is visible, and merge, merge all flatten
23. Share you finished tag, and enjoy!


I truly hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Below shows my results
using a gradient instead of an image.