Adobe Photoshop Tutorials: Fire Text
Learning how to use the
built-in lighting effects filter is one of the
most important skills you'll ever learn for Photoshop.
It allows you to add volume and reality to normal
2D objects. Here we go:
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 Start
by opening Photoshop and creating a new grayscale image.
Go File>New and change the mode to grayscale.
For this example, I chose dimensions of 400x400 pixels.
In the channels palette create a new channel by clicking
the  .
Then use the Text Tool to add white text to your channel.
When you are finished, hit Ctrl+A to select the
whole canvas. To make things easier, double click your
new channel in the channels palette and rename it "Base."
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 Drag
the "Base" channel to the to duplicate it. Go to Image>Rotate Canvas>90° CW.
Deselect everything by going Ctrl+D. Then apply
the wind filter by going to Filter>Stylize>Wind Choose
the settings Blast and From the Left. Reapply
the filter according to how tall you want your flames to
be. I used the filter a total of three times in my example.
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 Now
select all by hitting Ctrl+Arotate your text back
to normal by going Image>Rotate Canvas>90° CCW.
Soften the streaks by using Filter>Blur>Gaussian
Blur Pick a setting that looks good to you. I chose
3.0 pixels.
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 Lengthen
the flames by going Filter>Blur>Motion Blur Set
the distance to 20 pixels and the angle to -79° or
so. Then go Filter>Distort>Wave to add some
waviness. I chose these settings. Next go Filter>Distort>Ocean
Ripple to add some texture to your flame. Set the Ripple
Size to 15 and the Ripple Magnitude to 2.
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 Now
you need to copy the contents of the "Base copy" channel
into Layer 1. This can be accomplished with the following
series of impressive keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C,
Ctrl+~, Ctrl+V then swich back to they Layers Palette
and merge Layer 1 into the background layer below by hitting Ctrl+E.
Now it's time to colorize the image. Go to Image>Mode>Indexed
Color. Then go Image>Mode>Color Table and
choose Black Body. Next switch back to RGB Mode by going Image>Mode>RGB
Color.
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 Now
select the "Base"
channel by going to the Channels Palette and Ctrl+clicking
the "Base"
channel. Then return to the Layers Palette and click the to create a new layer. Fill the selection with black (It
can quickly be done by pressing D followed by Alt+Backspace).
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a final touch you may want to add an inner glow to your
text to make it blend in with the fire a little smoother.
Right click on the black text's layer and choose Blending
Options. Then pick Inner Glow and play with
the settings. If you would like to change the color or
adjust it a little, click the background layer (the one
with the flames) in the Layer Palette and explore the Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation and Image>Adjust>Curves.
You can click the image to the left to see the full view.
Whewww, that's one hot tamale!
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Tutorial
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