I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
FM Tile Tools:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2:
Animation Shop:

You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, it shows you always where you are (just click and drag) Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

Thank you Margit for your wonderful tubes:

01) File / New / 700 x 550 px / transparent

set your FGC to: light colour
and your BGC to: dark colour

flood fill your picture with this gradient:

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

open file: MausisSand.jpg

Edit / Copy
close it again; back to your selection

Edit / Paste / Paste into Selection

Deselect

set the blend mode to: Hard Light

(if you use other colours and tubes just play around with the blend mode)

set the opacity of this layer to: 50%

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

03) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this gradient:

open file: streep.jpg

minimise it; back to your picture

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

close minimise mask: streep.jpg; back to your picture

set blend mode to: Screen (or to your liking)

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
default settings

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

04) open tube: MMDesignz_Si 231219.pspimage

Image / Resize: 70%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again; back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it to the left

Layers / Duplicate (this depends on the type of tube you use)

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

05) open tube: MMDesignz_Si 232219.pspimage

Image / Resize: 70%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again; back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

move it to right side

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

06) open tube:GL.pspimage

activate bottom layer

Edit / Copy
close tube again; back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
default settings

set opacity to: 60

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

07) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with dark colour (I took black)

open file: Mask 194.jpg

minimise it; back to your picture

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

close minimise mask: Mask 194.jpg; back to your picture

set blend mode to: Dissolve
and opacity to: 80

08) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill with this gradient:

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 5

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
default settings

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect

09) Layers / New Raster Layer

open file: agi_wb_sealedkiss.PspBrush

File / Export / Custom Brush:

close file: agi_wb_sealedkiss.PspBrush again; back to your picture

activate your brush tool

apply the brush: agi_wb_sealedkis

with a colour of your choice

add your watermark and name

10) activate layer: Raster Group - Raster 1 (mask)

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to PSP

11) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation:
hit once on: Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to PSP

12) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation:
hit once on: Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

File / Save as... *.gif