Amalda Leave the tubes in original state, It costs a lot of work to create. Thanks everyone for the lovely tubes O. A .   http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Maxyran_Top_Tubes/   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top_design_tubes/   http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gerrystubes/    Also other tubers thanks No plug ins used   Need: 2 tubes and a background, and a texture squares       All other materials available  Here   Plug ins Here   Effects Vm Toolbox Instant Tile  1 Tube , a background and accents Save them into the file of your choice  Open in psp Take along this arrow to where remember you have remained       Put the materials in the folder they belong 1 - Open Width  a new image 800 - Height  600, select all   2 – Open 01265_4 am_1600x200 Background   3 – Edit – Copy – paste in to selection   4 – Select none   5 – Image – add borders 5 pixels #ce4a24   6 –  Image – add borders 50 pixels #3e0303   7 – Image – add borders 5 pixels #ce4a24   8 – Select large border with your magic wand   9 – Effects -  texture effects – select squares   10 - Put it in your foreground   11 - Select color #ce4a24   12 - Flood fill  border   13 – Select none   14 –Select all   15 – Selection modify - contract 18   16 – Layers- new raster layer   17 -  Flood fill  with# ce4a24   18 – Selection modify - contract 10   19 – Press delete button   20 – Select none , select new border with your magic wand   21 –Effects - reflection effects - Kaleidoscope   22 – Left all  0 , Right top 10 , color checked #3e0303   23 – Effects – Outer bevel default, White   24 -  Select none   25  – Layers – merge – merge all layers (flatten)   26 – OpenVisages7-Mai 2009-Creatievloves   27 – Image – resize Height 650, Width will adjust   28 – Edit – copy – paste as new layer , look at example   29 – Open flowerdoodles 3-sandi   30 – Select the red one , Edit-copy-paste as new layer , move it to the lower left     31 – Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize  H 10 - S 188   32 – Layers duplicate – image mirror   33 -  Layers – merge – merge all layers (flatten)   34 – Select text tool and write a name or watermark   35 -  Image resize Height 600, Width will adjust   36 -  Save as jpg compression 2o    Very nice not too difficult lesson with a beautiful result     The lesson is done, have fun, love Hanny   Translate by Rita  Back