Hot in the City

Filter: Mura Meister – Copies

Filter: Eye Candy 5 – Nature - Fire

Font: Little City 2000; Nightmare AOE; Refreshment Stand

I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac

A license is required to use his art and is available here

Let’s Begin

Open a new 600x250 white layer

Add a new raster layer

Paste your main tube as a new layer

Apply MuRa Meister – Copies – Wallpaper – default settings

Adjust – Blur – Gaussian Blur at 15

Using Little City 2000 on size 48 – stroke 1

Use black and a colour from your tube

I used the keys J, L, Z, Y

Now stretch the city to cover tag area

Convert to raster layer

Add a drop shadow

Paste tube again as a new layer

Resize to suit and position

Add a drop shadow

Using Nightmare font add the words HOT

Use deformation tool to enlarge to suit

Add a drop shadow

Use Refreshment Stand font and add the words “in the City”

Use same font and add your name
Add a drop shadow to both

Go to top layer

Add a new raster layer

Selections – select all – modify – select selection borders

Select inside and border size 5

Apply

Flood fill with black

Select none

Add your copyright details

Go back to wallpaper layer

Duplicate twice

On first layer

Eye Candy 5 – Nature – Fire

Under settings tab select – medium campfire

Under Basic tab select the following

Apply

On second layer

Repeat filter change only random settings

On third layer

Repeat filter

Close off layers 2 and 3 of filter

Right click on tag – copy merge

Paste into Animation Shop

As a new animation

In PSP Close off layer 1 and open layer 2

Copy merge

Paste into AS after current frame

Repeat to bring layer 3 across

I changed my frame properties to 25 to slow the flame

Run your animation

Save your tag