For this tutorial, you will need a tube of your choice and this mask :

1 Open the mask image. Open a new image 540 x 540, white background.
2 Flood fill with a linear gradient 45° angle, 1 repeat, with two colors of similar hue, one lighter in foreground, one darker in background.
3 Effects Distorsion effects Displacement : 
4 Image Add borders : 2 pixels, black.
5 Image Add borders : 4 pixels, white or any other light color.
6 Image Add borders : 2 pixels, black.
7 Image Add borders : 20 pixels, white. Select this border with the magic wand and flood fill with the same gradient, 45°, 5 repeats. Deselect.
8 Image Add borders : 2 pixels, black.
9 Paste the tube as a new layer. Move it where you want it. Effects 3D effect Drop shadow : 0/0/60/20/black.
10 Layer Merge all. File Export JPEG optimiser. |