Written in psp 8

You will Need:

EC 4000~Glass

Text~ International Palms

Mask~ © 200-kris

Tube of choice

Ok lets get started.. When downloading files please keep the original names in tact.  The mask was graciously borrowed from MsKris and it is her copyright.

Open new image with transparent background 500X500.  Open tube image and Paste as a new layer into work space. Resize if you need to and don't forget to sharpen if making smaller. Add Drop Shadow:

H/V 2~ Transparency 80~ Blur 5~ Black

New Raster Layer, in layer palette move under tube layer.  choose your colours from tube, foreground light and background dark.  Choose foreground as gradient with settings:

Radial~ Repeat 9~ Angle 0~ and flood fill the layer.

New Raster Layer, make sure this is at the top of layer palette.  Exchange your dark background colour and make it foreground.  Flood fill.

Go to Layers~  Load mask from disk with settings:

200-kris©~ source luminance~ As Is~ Invert transparency~ Hide all mask

choose your eraser tool and erase parts of the mask you want your tube overlapping.  Now got to Effects/plugins:

EC~ Glass~ settings~ choose rough cut  and ok

New Layer.  Selection Tool Rectangle.  start at one end of your work area making the rectangle 500X50.  Flood fill with your light colour.  On layer palette choose overlay.  Select none.  Add Drop Shadow:

V/H 0~ Transparency 100~ Blur 10

Add Text~ size 48~ 0 stroke~ dark colour   Using Drop Shadow same as Tube.

Merge all flatten

Add Border~ size 5~ dark colour~ Select border with magic wand and repeat Glass effect.

Add your copyright information and your watermark.

Save and you are done!