I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
MuRa's Meister / Cloud:
FM Tile Tools / FM Tile Tools:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
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:

Thank you Margit for your wonderful tubes:

01) File / New / 700 x 600 px / transparent

set your FGC to: light colour (#3E4579)
and your BGC to: dark colour (#33334F)

Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Cloud:

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

open tube: MMDesignz_Si080199.pspimage

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Deselect

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

if you take an other tube

set blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

03) open tube: MMDesignz_Si090199.pspimage

Image / Resize: 50%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste / As new Layer

position as shown below:

set opacity of this layer to: 85

04) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill this layer with this colour: #B4B6CB

Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask drom Disk:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

set oapcity of this layer to: 75

05) open tube: MMDesignz_100199a.pspimage

Imagen / Mirror

Imagen / Resize: 65%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate top layer again

Layers / Merge / Merge down

06) activate your text tool

write your text (vector)

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer

add your watermark and name

07) open tube: MMC_accents_0012579.pspimage

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste / As new layer

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Flip

Image / Mirror

Layers / Merge / Merge down

rename this layer: stars

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
1 / 1 / 100 / 5 / black / shadow on new layer: checked!!!

08) activate top layer again

Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill with your light colour #B4B6CB

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 1

flood fill with your dark BGC: (#33334F)

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 2

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Deselect

09) activate layer: stars

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to PSP

10) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
hit Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

11) back to PSP

repeat last step 10

Animation Shop

File / Save as... *.gif