I made this tube of my lovely friend Shez

You will need Corel PSP X or most of the tutorial can be done in earlier versions

You will need a tube similar to mine-I have included one here but not the one of Shez-sample of tag at the end of the tutorial

Open a canvas 500 x 500 transparent

Flood fill the canvas with a colour to match your tube

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer-effects-image effects-seamless tiling-default setting

Layers merge visible

Effects-edge effects-enhance

Reduce the opacity of this layer to 30

Layers merge all and flatten

Copy and paste the tube again as a new layer and arrange to the right of the canvas

Add a default drop shadow then duplicate the layer to give it more definition.

Layers merge visible

With your preset shape tool on 'square-shaded'-draw a shape to the left of the tube on your canvas

Layers-convert to raster layer

With magic wand select the centre of the shape and flood fill with a colour, gradient or pattern of your choice

Effects -3d effects-buttonise on default setting

Keep the rectangle selected and click on your tube-image mirror. Copy and paste the tube into the selection

Layers merge visible

Image-picture frame-I used edge rough 01 but you can use any edge effect frame you like

Layers merge visible

Image-add border-size 5 -colour black

Image resize as you wish

Add a new layer for your text and watermark.

That's the tutorial finished I do hope you enjoyed it.

Written by Chrissie 2005