[Spire_CnC]

Hey guys, what's up?
Its Spire, with another tutorial.
This time I'll show you how to make
a fire like text in Photoshop.

Source: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo...fire-text/

I'll just go ahead and warn you, its a
pretty lengthy tutorial, but the output
is completely worth it.

Hope you guys enjoy and learn from it.

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Below is what we are aiming for at the end of this tut.


Step 1: Open Photoshop and create a new document,
name it whatever you'd like and make sure your dimen-
sions are 3 by 3 inches.



Step 2: You're gonna want to fill your background with a black color.


Step 3: Create a text (the font/text really doesn't matter, I just used "Fire"
and Times New Roman for the sake of the tutorial) you can use whatever font
and text you'd like.


Step 4: Re-size the text to fit you're workspace, make sure to leave some
at the top for our flames.


Step 5: Right click on the type layer and click Rasterize>Type.


Step 6: Next you're going to want to make a copy of the rasterized text layer.


Turn the duplicate layer OFF for now.


Step 7: Now click on the main type layer once again. Rotate the canvas 90
degrees clockwise.


Step 8: Apply the wind filter while the text is still rotated.


Make sure the settings match the ones below.


Click "ok" and your text should look like this.


Hit Ctrl+F to add the filter once more.


Step 9: Rotate the canvas again 90 degrees counter clockwise.


Step 10: Duplicate the background layer.


Step 11: Right click on the "Fire" text layer and click "Merge Down."


Your layers should now look like this.


Step 12: Select the rectangular marquee tool.


Now draw a rectangular marquee around the text, making sure you
leave enough room for our flames.


Step 13: Apply the "Liquify" filter.


Make sure the "Forward Warp Tool" is selected.


Set your brush size to 100.


Move the brush lightly from left to right on each flame.


Now change the brush size to 15.


Lightly stroke up in the text, giving it that flame like look.


After that, change your brush size one more time. This time to 50.


Stroke upwards on the flames you just made, making large flames.


After all that, it should look somewhat like this.


Step 14: Add a hue/saturation overlay to the "Fire" layer.


Make sure the settings look like these, for the most realistic fire look.


It should look like this.


Step 15: Now turn the "Fire Copy" layer ON.


Step 16: Add a gradient overlay to the "Fire Copy" layer.


Click on the gradient to change it. Click the far left pointer first.


Select a dark orange/brownish color.


Now click the right pointer.


Select a light/burnt orange color.


Make sure the settings match the ones below.


At this point, your text should look like this.


Step 17: The edges look a little rough. So you need to add a layer mask.


Step 18: Select the brush tool while still on the "Fire Copy" layer.


Step 19: Touch up the edges as needed. It will be different, pending
on what font and text you used.


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FINALLY. We're done!

The finished project should match the one below
besides the font/text you used, etc.



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Thanks if you've read this far.

As always, seeya til next time.[/b]

Source: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo...fire-text/

~Spire

[Spire_CnC]

Very nice and HQ good job bro!!!

Thanks. I see stuff I wanna fix, but I can't because it exceeds the image limit when I try to edit it. ;(

[Kyou]

Thanks. I see stuff I wanna fix, but I can't because it exceeds the image limit when I try to edit it. ;(

You can edit it now, nice tutorial by the way. Looks like it took some time. Thanks for sharing.

[Versace]

Very nice tut Spire and very detailed. As Chris said, you can tell a lot of hard work was put into this.

[Spire_CnC]

You can edit it now, nice tutorial by the way. Looks like it took some time. Thanks for sharing.

Thank god. It is now fixed. And its taken me almost over 3 and a half days.

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Very nice tut Spire and very detailed. As Chris said, you can tell a lot of hard work was put into this.

Thank you Doom. Luh you. Lol.<3

[Sir_CnC]

Thats a pretty neat way on how to make fire text!
Good Job!

[Alex]

The gradient looks a little off. Other then that is a very HQ guide good job.

[Personal_Person]

I would love to do stuff like this, but I don't have Photoshop. what version is this, and is it free? please PM me if it is and send me a link.
ON TOPIC: Great job op.

[Spire_CnC]

I would love to do stuff like this, but I don't have Photoshop. what version is this, and is it free? please PM me if it is and send me a link.
ON TOPIC: Great job op.

This is Photoshop CS5.5. No Adobe programs are free. You either have to watch a www.YouTube.com video on "Keygen for Photoshop CS5" or go to www.Thepiratebay.com and download a cracked version.

But on topic: Thanks D and when you get photoshop I can teach you just about anything bud :p

[Flashdrive]

I remember being a noob looking up how to do this with youtube videos and seeing horrible and cheesy results.

Thanks for this share looks better than most tutorial out comes.