Top Mask Button

This tut has been made with PSP13
You can find the original tut  here

Supplies  here
Save the mask in a folder your choice

Tube your choice
I used a tube byTony Chiavarria
Gracia!

Plugins
Filters Unlimited  here
FM Tile Tools  here
AAA Frame  here

Let's play with colors :0)

Neem het vlindertje mee tijdens deze psp vlucht

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Open a new transparent image of 1000 x 600
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Pick from your tube 2 strong contrasting colors
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Flood fill the image with this gradient

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Adjust - blur - gaussian blur - radius 35
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Repeat the blur one more time
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Effects - texture effects - blinds

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Effects - plugins  - Filters Unlimited - Buttons and Frames - 3D Glass Frame 2

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Effects - geometric effects - perspective vertikal

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Effects - geometric effects - skew

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Effects - distortion effects - pich - strenght 100
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Effects - reflexion effects - rotating mirror

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Image - flip
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Image - canvas size

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Select with the magic wand the 3 transparent parts
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Selections - modify - expand 5 pixel
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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - move down
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Flood fill the selection with your gradient
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Layers - new raster layer
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Copy your tube and paste into selection
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Adjust - blur - radial blur

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Image - flip
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Selections - select none
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Effects - plugins  - FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss (uncheck Edge Warp) ( repeat 1 more time)
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Layer - merge - merge down
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Layers - save/load mask - load mask from disk"maskcameron"_pop2"

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Effects - edge effects - enhance
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Layer - merge - merge group
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Image - canvas size

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Effects - image effects - off set

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Effects - reflexion effects - rotating mirror - settings as before
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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - bring to bottom
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Flood fill the layer with your gradient
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Layers - new raster layer
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Selections - select all
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Copy your tube and paste into selection
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Adjust - blur - radial blur - settings as before
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Selections - select none
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Effects - plugins - FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss
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Layers - save/load mask - load mask from disk "maskcameron"_pop2"

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Effects - edge effects - enhance
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Layer - merge - merge group
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Layerpallet - Blendmode your choice (I took hard light
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Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow

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Repeat with V -17 and H 12
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Repeat the drop shadow on the 2 layers above
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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - bring to bottom
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Flood fill the layer with this gradient

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Activate the layer with the reverse mask
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Effects - plugins  - FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss
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Layer - merge - merge down
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Effects - plugins  - AAA Frames - Foto Frame

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Activate the top layer
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Copy your main tube and paste as new layer on your image
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Drop shadow your choice strong enough to make the tube floating
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Layers - merge - merge all
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Add your watermark
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Save as jpg

Ready!