Funky Circles Tutorial

This is an original tutorial by me.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.

Supplies
Paint Shop Pro (I use version 9, but it should work in other versions as well.)
Animation Shop
Tube of choice.  The one I'm using is by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, which you can purchase at CDO.
     Do not use this tube without a proper license
Toadies - Picasso's Another World
Mura's Meister - Copies
DSB Flux - Bright Noise
Font of choice.  The one I'm using is called DJ Groovey.

1.  Open a new canvas 600 x 200.
2.  Change your foreground to a color from your tube and your background to a similar or complementary color from your tube.  On the background tag, switch to a foreground /background gradient with the following settings.

 

 3.  Flood fill your canvas with this gradient.

4.  Apply the Filter Toadies Picasso's Another World with the default settings.  I had to import it to Filters Unlimited for it to work for me.

 5.  Change your foreground to a contrasting color and your background color to null.

6.  Click on your preset shape tool.  Create as vector and change the line width to 8.

7.  Draw a small circle on your canvas.  Objects>Align>Center in Canvas.  Convert to raster layer.

8.  Apply Mura's Meister Copies with the following settings.

9.  Duplicate this layer twice.

10.  On the bottom circle layer apply DSB Flux Bright Noise at 50 per cent with the mix button ticked.  On the middle circle layer hit apply Bright Noise hit the mix button again.  On the top circle layer apply Bright noise hit the mix button again.  Hide the top two layers for now.

11.  Change your background to white or another light color from your tube.  With the foreground set to null draw out a rectangle the width of your canvas.  Convert to raster layer and lower the opacity to 60 per cent.

12.  Add your tube as a new layer and add a drop shadow of choice.

13. Add a new raster layer.  Floodfill the same color as your circle layer.

14.  Selections>Select All.  Selections>Modify>Contract by 4.  Hit delete on your keyboard.

15.  Apply bright noise with the previous setting.  Apply drop shadow of choice.

16.  Add Copyright information and your name.

17.  If you are not animating, save as a JPEG or PNG.

Animation

1.  In Paint Shop Pro, click on Edit>Copy Merged.

2.  In Animation Shop.  Paste as a new image.

3.  Hide your bottom circle layer and unhide the middle circle layer.  Copy merged.

4.  Back to AS.  Paste after current frame.

5.  Hide your middle circle layer and unhide the top circle layer.  Copy merged.

6.  Back to AS.  Paste after current frame.

7.  Save as a GIF, and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, and I would love to see your results.  Below is another example I made from this tut.