Add a new layer, and flood fill
with color
#800000.
While selected, go to Effects>3D
Effects>Inner Bevel,
and
apply the following settings.
Deselect.
(Make sure All
Layers is *not*
checked.)
Go
to Image>Rotate>Left>Free
5.
Click ok.
Effects>Sharpen>Sharpen.
Rename this
layer
RedTab.
Now on the layers palette, drag
the red tab layer
down below your text (name)
layer.
While on the red tab layer,
add a new layer, then add
letters of your
choice.
I
added Z' A V E (each letter on
separate layers),
using the font Arial, with stroke
and
fill set to
white.
*Optional*
Copy the small Diva tube, and add as
a
new
layer to the top of
your name.
Then add the blue
wedge and the
gold bar accent
underneath,
or tubes of your choice,
(on separate layers.)
When finished,
X out the white
background,
and go to Layers>Merge>Merge
Visible.
Next, go to Effects>3D>Drop
Shadow
and
apply the following settings.
Vertical 4:
Horizontal 4
Opacity: 27
Blur 2.9
Color: #000000
Un-X the white
background layer,
and
go to Layers>Merge>Merge
Visible.
File>Save
As>AveDenimTag
~~~~
*Open Animation
Shop*
Go
to
File>Open>AveDenimTag.
File>Open>Red and the Navy
Twinks
(that you saved
in "My
Documents.")
Click on your name image and
duplicate 7 times, (for a total of
8 frames.)
At the top of your
screen click on
the
Propagate Paste
Tool.
Next, click on the Red Twink, go to
Edit>Select All,
Edit>Copy.
Now
click on the first frame
of your Name.
Go
to Edit>Select All, Edit>Paste
into Selected Frames.
Add
the Red Twink, and repeat the
same steps
in
order to add the Navy Twink.
Crop and save your newest creation as a
gif file!
*Special thanks goes to z' Teach
*Mz. Marlene* for proofing
and to *Mz. Sereinty* for testing
this tutorial for me.*
____
*This tutorial was written by
Mz.TapŠ on Nov. 25, 2003.
*Any resemblance to any other
tutorial is purely coincidental.
All
Rights Reserved.* Feel free to "text link" to
this tutorial, but
please do not copy, rewrite,
translate, place it (or the zip
files),
anywhere on the web, send via
email, or claim it as your own.
*Background by Mz. Tap, exclusive
for this
tutorial.*
