Sk8Girl - Forum set tutorial with Cliff Thomas (SAC)

This tutorial was written March 9th, 2013. I used Corel X3, but it should work in other versions as well.

The supplies you need:
A tube of choice.
I used a tube from Cliff Thomas. This tube can be purchased at Indie-Zine, at the time of writing this tutorial.

Materials you need:
Mura Meister - Copies
Eye Candy 6 - Perspective Shadow (Optional)
Eye Candy 6 - Extrude (Optional)
Font of choice. I used Sk8 Or Dye.


Open a new transparent image 600x250

Post a tube of choice. I resized mine by 85%, but that depends on tube and how you like it :)
Duplicate the layer. Hide the top tube layer. On the bottom tube, add Mura's Meister Copies - Wallpaper Rotate - Default settings - Click OK.
Go to Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur with these settings:

Add a new layer. Set background to a colour of choice, and draw a long vertical stripe. Something like this:
(Click on the image to see it in full view)

Center in canvas and convert to raster.
On the same layer, go to Image - Free rotate:

Go to Mura's Meister again and change the settings to these settings:

With you Magic Wand active - Tolerance set to 20 and Feather 1, click in between the black lines on every other are (skip one in between).
Expand by 2.
Activate the Radial layer. Go to Effects - Art Media Effects - Brush Strokes:

In the colour option, use a colour of choice from your tube and click OK.
Invert the selection, go to Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Colorize and set both options there to 0.

Go to Adjust - Sharpen - Sharpen More. Select None.

Unhide your top layered tube and add a suitable drop shadow. I used Eye Candy 6 - Perspective Shadow at the default Blurry setting, but you can use
older versions as well.

Activate the Radial layer and add your tube again. Place it on the left side and change the layer options to Overlay or another setting of choice.
Duplicate this tube and mirror it. Merge these two layers and lower the opacity to about 20.

Activate the black stripes and add a drop shadow of choice. I used 3D Effects - Drop Shadow at 0,0,100,10, Black.

Go to the top layer and add a new raster. Flood fill with the same colour you used for the stripes.
Select All - Contract by 5 and hit Delete. Expand by 2 and Invert. Flood fill with a colour from your tube.
Go to Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise:

Deselect and add the same drop shadow you used on the black stripes.

Add your name using a colour from your tube.
I also used Eye Candy 6 - Extrude on the name, with these settings:

Add a drop shadow of choice. I used 3D Effects - Drop Shadow at 3,3,80,10, Black.
Add the proper copyright info and save your creation as jpg.

Thanks for trying!
Hugs Lithy