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You will need a tube of your own
Webdings font or use the round preset shape if you cant get the webdings. The preset shapes do not give as clear an edge as the webdings which is why I use them.

Open an new transparent canvas 500 x 500.

In the material palette have colours to match your tube in the foreground and background box. One light and one dark would be nice as you will be using the gradient of the two later in the tutorial.

With webdings size 300-floating-anti-alias-sharp-stroke 1

Type in small n

Keep selected. Effects -image effects-seamless tiling

Select none

Effects-distortion effects-wind-from the left- setting 50

New raster layer-flood fill with the gradient of the two colours in your palette

Layers-arrange-send to bottom

Layers- merge visible

Adjust -sharpness-sharpen-adjust sharpness-sharpen more-sharpen more again.

Selections -select all-selections- modify-select selection borders -setting 40 and inside

Effects -3D-outer bevel-default setting.

Select none-effects 3D buttonise-default setting

Copy and paste your tube as new layer and arrange as you wish.

Image add border-size 5 and a dark colour to make the tag stand out.

Resize as you want it to be then add any text-watermark and artists information that is required.

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

written by Chrissie April 29th 2005