I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Fm Tile Tool / Blend Emboss:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow:
Animation Shop:

You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, it shows you always where you are (just click and drag) Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

01) open your tube of your choice

set your FGC to a: light colour
and the BGC to a: dark colour

open your light colour

note these two values of your light colour:

02) open the file: Farbverlauf_G55.jpg

Window / Duplicate (Shift+D)

close the original

Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize:

03) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with your dark BGC

open the mask: maskCris10r.jpg
minimize it; back to your picture

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Layers / Merge / merge Visible

close the minimized mask; we don't need it anymore

back to your picture

04) open the tube: misted_flower-rg_17.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

set the opacity of this layer to: 40

and the blend mode to: Luminance

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss: default settings

add your watermark and name

position it to your liking just not at the right side

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

05) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with your light FGC

Selections / Select all

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 6

Edit / Cut (hit delete key once)

Selections / Invert

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow: default settings

Deselect

06) open your tube

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position right side

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

07) activate the bottom layer

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / Paste as new animation

back to your PSP

08) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex / Constellation: Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to your PSP

09) Repeat step 08

don't go back to PSP

10) Edit / Select all

Animation / Frame / Properties: display time: 20

File / Save as ...gif