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How to...

This is my first tutorial - how to make this:

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I used Photoplus to make this icon, but it's easily translatable for other programs.

First things first: we start off with this cap:

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Crop it and over-sharpen to get this:
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Add this dark blue gradient and set to exclusion at 55% opacity:
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Add this gradient and set to darken at 100%:
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Duplicate the background twice, set the first to screen at 100%, and the second to lightness (not sure if PS and PSP have this) at 100%

You should now have something like this:

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Add this brush by ch_photoshopped: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Add the text. I wrote "triggerhappy" using the font Mom's Typewriter, size 4, (my text size is messed up, I know :p) available at dafont.com

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There you have it, enjoy!