Music to inspire you!!!
Supplies:
Tube of choice
Filters:
Background Designer IV - @Random Smelter, @Splish, Sf Diamond Flip
Filters Unlimited - Distortion - Black Hole
Greg's Pool Shadow
Let's Begin:
Open a new image 600 x 250
Set your foreground to a light color and background to a medium color.
Set foreground to gradient:
Fill canvas with gradient
Effects - Background Designer IV - @Random Smelter - default settings
Effects - Background Designer IV - @ Splish:
Effects - Background Designer IV - Sf 10 Diamond Flip - default settings.
Duplicate layer
Staying on the top layer - go to Effects - Filters Unlimited - Distortion - Black Hole:
With your wand - feather and tolerate set to zero - click inside the hole. Activate the bottom layer - promote selection to layer.
Deselect
On the promoted layer - Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - set to 20
Activate your top layer - click inside hole
Add a new layer
Effects - 3D effects - Cutout
Note: I chose a darker shade of my background color - you can choose what looks best with your color scheme
Move this layer below top layer
Add your tube, resize as needed - remove excess. Add drop shadow of choice.
Activate your top layer - add a new layer
Fill with background color - select all - contract by 2 - delete (do not deselect) - contract by 2 again - fill with background color - contract by 2 - delete - deselect
Effects - Greg's Pool Shadow - default settings
Add your copyright, license and name and save!!!
