Realistic Fire Effect
In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make realistic looking fire that you can apply to texts or any other shapes or objects..
Start a new RGB document (size around 600x600) filled
with black background. |
Now create a new empty layer by clicking on the create new layer icon. Now Press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E, this will combine all layers to the new layer. |
Now roate the new layer 90CCW. (Edit » Transform » Rotate 90CCW) Now apply the Wind Filter to this new layer (Filter » Styleize » Wind)
Press CTRL+F 2 times to reapply the filter 2 more times. Now rotate the image back to normal: Edit » Transform » Rotate 90CW |
Now go to Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur: enter 5.0 px Now go to Image » Hue/Saturation
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Now Duplicate this layer, to do this, right click
on the layer and choose "Duplicate Layer" |
Now apply some Hue saturation to the new duplicated
layer: |
Now set the duplicated layer's blending mode to: Color Dodge Now go to Layer » Merge Down To merge the 2 layers together. |
Now to create our flames, we go to Filter » Liquidfy.
Now with the Warp tool Now just click and drag from the white edge of the text to wiggle your way into the orange to create the flame. |
Next, change your brush size to about 30, and pressure to about 30, and go for 2nd round of creating your flame. Once your happy with your flame, hit OK. |
Now move the original text layer to the top on the layers pallete, and change it's color to black. |
Now go to Layer » Rasterize » Type to rasterize the text layer. Now use the Eraser tool and select the 200px SOFT brush, and erase out the top half of the text. |
Now, if you want to create a reflection, do a selection about half of the bottom part of the flame. |
Press CTRL+SHIFT+C to copy, then CTRL+P to paste this as a new layer. Now go to Edit » Transform » Flip Vertical, Then use the move tool to move the layer down just below the text. Set this layer's opacity to 20%. You can use the eraser tool with 200px soft brush to erase out the bottom part of the reflection. HERE IS MY FINAL (DOWNLOAD
PSD FILE)
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