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Materials needed:

A tube of your choice, or use the beautiful

tube by Manon.

Selection and Mask
A decorative tube.

download here

Filter: Greg’s Factory Output Volume II.
Simple, Pizza Slice Mirror.

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Open a new canvas 400x400.

Copy your tube (Shift+D) and close the original.

Choose a light color for your foreground,

and dark color as background from your tube.

Change your background color to gradient,

with these settings:

Fill the canvas with the gradient.

Go to Selections-->Load/Save Selection-->

Load Selection from Disk.

Apply Selection no8,

with these settings:

Go to Effects-->3D Effects-->Inner Bevel,

with these settings:

Add a new raster layer.

Fill with the dark color.

Go to Layers-->Load/Save Mask-->

Load Mask from Disk.

Find the Nomaskswirl and

apply with these settings:

Right-click on the Mask layer in your Layers Palette

and delete the mask. Reply "yes" to the question.

Go to Layers--> Merge--> Merge Group

Repeat the same Inner Bevel effect on the raster 2 layer.

Reduce the size of your tube to 300 pixels in height.

Copy and Paste as New Layer onto the canvas.

Position it where you want it.

Go to Effets-->3D Effects --> Drop Shadow,

with these settings:

Repeat the drop shadow with the Horizontal and Vertical

settings on 2.

Go to Layers--> Merge--> Merge All.

Go to Image--> Add Borders-->

Add a 5 pixel border with a less light color than in the image.

Add a 35 pixel border with the dark background color.

Add a 5 pixel border in the same light color as before(first color).

Select the dark border with your Magic Wand.

Go to Effects--> Filter Effects-->

Greg's Factory Output, Vol2--> Pool Shadow

and apply with the standard settings.

Go to Effects, Filter Effects--> Simple-->

Pizza Slice Mirror and apply.

Go to Layers--> New Raster Layer.

Find your decorative tube and add as a new layer.

Go to your Layers Palette and duplicate this layer.

Go to Image--> Mirror

Go to Image-->Flip.

Go to Layers--> New Raster Layer

and apply your text or watermark.

Go to Layers--> Merge--> Merge All.
Reduce the size of your image to 400 pixels high.

Ziezo, you're done!

Enjoy!