Static Tutorial You will need: Paintshop Pro - I used 9 but can be done in earlier versions Tube of choice or get the one I used from Outlaw by Design Font I used HERE Unzip the font and open and minimise it Open your tube in psp Open a new transparent canvas 600 x 400 Copy and paste your tube as a new layer Resize as necessary, making sure All Layers is NOT ticked Select 2 colors from your tube A light color for the foreground/stroke and a dark color for the background/fill Grab your text tool with the following settings: Type your name and apply Now stretch your text up and down to almost the same height as tube and place it to the left of canvas (see my finished tag) (You may need to to make your name narrower too if it is longer then mine) When happy Convert to Raster Layer With this text layer selected go to Selections - Select All - Selections Float - Selections Defloat Add a new raster layer then paste tube into selection Select None Add the following Drop Shadow to this layer V = 2 H = -2 (minus) Opacity = 65 Blur = 2 Color = black Repeat this drop shadow on text layer and tube layer Turn the opacity of the text layer down to 50 or so Bring the tube layer to the top and move it into place on the far right of canvas You only want it to cover a small part of your name If happy with placement, Merge Visible New Raster Layer - Move it to the bottom of layer palatte Flood fill with your light color Now crop your tag like so without cropping any of your name On the bottom layer go to Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds: The color I used was the a few shades darker then the light color in foreground To darken this color just reduce the number in the L box by 10-15 Repeat Blinds but untick the Horizontal box this time If you would like to add some brushes, add a new layer and use your favorites When happy Merge All Flatten Image - Add Border - 6 pixels Color= #ffffff (white) and symetric ticked Select border with your magic wand Now we need to make our foreground color even lighter Do this by increasing the number in L box by 25 or more Floodfill border with this new lighter color Selections - Invert Drop Shadow V & H = 2 Opacity = 65 Blur = 2 Color = black Repeat drop shadow but change the V & H to -2 (minus 2) Select None Resize your tag to your liking Add copyright and watermark etc and save HOME page and tutorial designed by Dee 29-8-2005.