DA-Distorted Twirl

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©Donna Ann

April 10, 2007 

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Needed for this Tutorial:

PSP

A tube image of your choice

Open PSP

Open your tube in PSP

Window/Duplicate (*close your original)

Image/Canvas size/*make your canvas size an extra 20 or 25 pixels larger in width and height than your tube image.

Layer/New raster layer

Using your Selection tool   Custom Selection on left and top size 0

right size 15

bottom the height of your tube image

Choose a complimentary gradient or color in your Materials Box, and Flood Fill your selection.

Selections/Select none

Layers/Duplicate

Image/Mirror

Image/Canvas size 1024 (or width you prefer.  I use 1440) X the height of your tube image

Effects/Distortion/Twirl set at 60

Layers/Merge/Merge visible

Layers/New raster layer

Flood fill with a complimentary background color

Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom

Select your tube layer

Effects/Drop shadow

Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten

Add your watermark and save for assembly in Letter Creator.

Download IMF File