Height 400 Width 1250 or your preference.

Selections, Select All.

2.

Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection

Selections, Select None.

3.

Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling, Default

4.

Using the slider on your Palette, change opacity to 62

5.

Layers, New Raster Layer

Layers, Arrange, Send To Bottom.

6.

Using the Flood Fill Tool, fill with your Background color

Layers, Merge, Merge All

7.

Effects, Plugins, Blur, Radial Blur

Amount 5, Spin and Best checked

8.

Layers, Layers, New Raster Layer

Flood Fill with Background color.

9.

Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise

Gaussian. Noise 15, Monochrome.

10.

Using the Slider on your Palette, change Opacity to 72.

11.

Layers, Merge, Merge All.

12.

Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling, Default

13.

Using your Selection Tool, Custom Settings

Top 0, Left 531. Right 548. Bottom 400.

Edit, Copy

Edit, Paste, Paste as New Image

14.

You can Minimize this new image and your background for now.

1.

File>New Image

400W x 400H, Transparent

(This will be your side border)

2.

With your Flood Fill Tool, fill with your Background color.

3.

Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk

Find your Mask, and use these settings

Source Luminance, Fit to Canvas, Hide all Mask All Checked

4.

Layers, Merge, Merge Group.

5.

Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise

Gaussian, Noise 15, Monochrome

6.

Effects, Plugins, Penta, Drag

Threshold 211

7.

Maximize the strip we made with the custom Selection Tool

Edit, Copy

8.

Back to the Side Border

Edit, Paste, Paste as new Layer.

9.

Effects, Distortion Effects, Ripple

Horizontal 22, Vertical 56, Amplitude 57, Wavelength 30, Repeat

10.

Effects, 3-D Effects, Drop Shadow

V+H 0, Opacity 75, Blur 5, Color Black, Shadow on Layer Unchecked

11.

Layers, Duplicate.

Image Mirror.

12.

Using the Mover Tool move one to the left and one to the right

13.

Using the Eye on your palette, close bottom layer

14.

Make sure one of the other layers is highlighted

Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

Image Flip and open bottom layer again.

15.

Maximize your tube

Edit, Copy

Edit, Paste, Paste as New Layer.

16.

Effects, 3-D Effects, Inner Bevel

Bevel 2, Width 10, Smoothness 7, Depth 2, Ambience 10, Shininess 20, Angle 315, Intensity 45, Elevation 30.

17.

Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

Edit, Copy.

18.

Maximize your background

Edit, Paste, Paste as New Layer23. Using your Mover Tool,

Move to the left of your background.

19.

Effects, 3-D Effects, Drop Shadow

V+H 0, Opacity 100, Blur 3, Color Black, Shadow on layer Unchecked