Attempt     Leave the tubes in original state, It costs a lot of work to create. Thanks everyone for the lovely tubes O. A .   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top_design_tubes/   http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gerrystubes/   http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Maxyran_Top_Tubes/     Plugins  flaming pear - flood Supplies  here   1 tube  and a background, and a bird animation Materials  Here Put the materials in the folder they belong      Put the materials in the folder they belong   Take along this arrow to where remember you have remained       1 - Open a new image Width 800, Height 600, select all 2 – Open 3dfiction4-background 3 – Edit- copy – paste in to selection 4 –Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize H 81 - S 54 5 – Layer opacity 75 Layers-merge- merge all layers (flatten) 6 – Effects- plugin effects   Flaming pear  Flood default 7 -  Open Mr _fille d’Eden (lady Maryse) 8 -  Remove watermark with the erase tool 9 – Adjust – Sharpen – High pass sharpen 10 - Range 10,00 strength 30 Layers – Blend mode -  hard light 11 -  Image- resize Height Width will adjust 12 -  Adjust – copy – paste as new layer 13 – Layers-merge- merge all layers (flatten) 14 – Image - add borders 5 pixels # 8cab87 15 - Image - add borders 50 pixels # 6d8368 16 – Image - add borders 5 pixels # 8cab87 17 -  Select all 16 – Selections – modify -  contract 18 17 – Layers – new  raster layer 18 – Flood fill with #95b691 19- Selections – modify - contract  10 20 – Hit delete button 21 – select none 22 – Select with the magic wand the new border 23 – Effects – reflection effects- Kaleidoscope 24 –Left side all 0 – Right side only top 10 25 – color checked# 6e826b 26- Effects-  3d effects – outer bevel, default 28 – Select none 29 – Add name and watermark 30-  Edit – copy – merged copy 31 - Open animation shop 32 - click Rightmouse button – paste as new animation 33 - Edit – select all 34 - Paste after current frame till you have 10 frames 35 - Edit – select all 36- Open  gif_Meuwen 37 - Edit – select all - copy 38 Back to your tag and paste in First selected frame, in the upper left corner 40 – Back to the bird, mirror animation Edit – select all  copy , Back to your tag and paste in First selected frame, in the upper right corner   41 -  Click the View button 42 - If you’re satisfied 43 – Animation -Resize animation , Height 500, Width will adjust   44- Save as ….and put it in the folder of you’re choice Nice easy lesson, with a beautiful result    Have fun, hugs Hanny   Back