01. Open the material / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the originals
02. Choose two colors for your tube: A dark color for the foreground and a light color for the background
03. Prepare a Sunburst gradient
repeats=1 / invert unchecked / center point=100/50 / focal point=40/50 / link unchecked
 

04. Open a new transparent image measuring 800 x 600px
05. Paint with the gradient
06. Layers/Duplicate
07. Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
08. layers / Properties / blend Mode: Darken
09. Merge down
10. Effects / edge Effects / Enhance More
11. Select the parts with solid colors with the Magic Wand (tolerance/feather=0)
12. Press Delete on your keyboard
13. Select none
14. Layers/duplicate
15. Effects / Image Effects / Offset= -55/0

 

16. Layers/Duplicate
17. Image / Mirror / Mirror horizontal
18. Merge visible
19. Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - Default
 

20. Layers / New Raster Layer
21. Paint with light color
22. Layers / Arrange / Move Down
23. Open the image [background] / copy and paste as a new layer
24. The layers will look like this:
 

25. Activate the layer [background - Raster 2]
26. Effects / Edge Effects / enhance More
27. Repeat Enhance More
28. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: Multiply
29. Activate the top layer
30. Effects / Distortion Effects / Polar Coordinates
rectangular to polar / wrap

 

31. Layers/Duplicate
32. image / Mirror / Mirror Vertical
33. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: Darken
34. Merge down
35. Adjust / sharpness / sharpen More
36. Drop shadow: 0 10 50 20 black
37. Repeat Drop Shadow with negative V
38. Layers/Duplicate
39. Effects / Geometric Effects / Circle - Transparent - (apply 2 times)

 

40. Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - Default
 

41. Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More
42. Drop Shadow: 0 10 50 20 black
43. Repeat Drop Shadow with negative V and H
44. Image / Add borders/ symmetric marked / 3px / dark color
45. Copy (it will remain in memory)
46. Image / Add borders/ symmetric marked / 40px / light color
47. Select this 40px border with the Magic Wand (tolerance/feather=0)
48. Paste the image copied above into the selection
49. Effects / Reflection Effects / Kaleidoscope
0 0 0 0 10 0 0 reflect
 

50. Drop Shadow:10 10 50 20 black
Repeat with negative V and H
51. Select none
52. Copy the tube character and paste it as a new layer
53. Resize if necessary
54.Adjust/sharpness/sharpen
55. Drop shadow: 10 10 50 20 black
56. Image / Add borders/ symmetric marked / 3px / dark color
57. Put your signature
58. Save as jpeg

Tutorial traduzido em 07/11/2023

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