No's

Bliss

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Materials needed:

Supplies: download here

Filter: Frischluft, Volumetrics
Filters Unlimited 2.0 Demo

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Ok, let's begin! :-)

Open your tube, copy (Shift+D) and close the original

Go to Layers --> New Raster layer,

and drag this layer

below the tube layer

Set your foreground on a light color,

the background on a dark color

from the image.

Change the foreground to gradient,

with these settings:

**note: the Style is Radial**

Fill the background with the gradient.

Duplicate the tube layer in your Layers Palette.

Go to Effects --> Filter Effects-->Frischluft:Volumemetrics,

with these settings:

Drag the copy layer below the tube layer and change the

Blende Mode of the copy layer to Hard Light in the Layer's Palette.

Activate the tube layer again (it should be the top layer now)

and apply a drop shadow, with these settings:

Go to Adjust --> Hue and Saturation-->Colorize

(or Shift+L) and apply with all the settings on "0".

Duplicate this tube layer.

Duplicate this copied layer again.

Go to Image --> Mirror.

Go to Effects --> Texture Effects -->

Fine Leather - with the "Small Cracks" preset

and change the settings to this:

Add a new Raster Layer and paste the

planets tube onto it.

Shift the planets to the top left corner of the image.

Drag this layer down below the tube layer.

Change the Blende Mode of the planets layer to "Luminance(0)".

Activate the background layer ( bottom layer)

Go to Effects-->Illumination Effects-->Sunburst,

with these settings:

Dutch screenshot looks like this:

Repeat the effect.

Go to Layers--> Merge--> Merge All (Flatten)

Go to Adjust-->Sharpen-->Sharpen More.

Add 3 borders of 2 pixels each.

One dark, one light, one dark border.

Go to Effects-->Filter Effects-->

I.C.NET Software's Filters Unlimited-->

Lens Flares-->Flare10,

and apply the standard setting: Intensity on 83.

Add another border of 2 pixels and fill

with a gold pattern.

Add a 1 pixel black border.

Add a raster layer and apply your name or watermark.

Enjoy!