Fire Text Tutorial

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03-27-2005, 01:18 AM
sceptileex

Hi! this is my second tutorial, and i am making a fire text :
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...x/firetext.gif
Let's get started! create a new 500x500 black background sheet. type your text in the middle in white. Then, use filter>blur>gaussian blur. I used the setting 2.0 or something like that. As long as it retains some shape, but is not too blur.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/sceptileex/1.gif
Now this is where the flames come in. Use liquify, on the top few panels of the filter bar. Use the smallest brush size available and the highest pressure available (irony...)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/sceptileex/2.gif
using the brush, carefully, at the tips of the text and everywhere just liquify it up. Dont make it too high, though. When you are finished, you should get something like this:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/sceptileex/3.gif
Merge down if you haven't then, use the smudge tool on the left panel to make some corrections to your pic if you want to, then Image>adjustments>Hue/saturation. Set it to a fiery orange.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/sceptileex/4.gif

Duplicate a layer and hue/saturate as above the layer, only this time, make it red. Then, set blending option to colour dodge. Merge the pic.

Now that you are almost done, you can again smudge it a little, like above to make it more fiery. Then, you have to do the last step. Click on the adjustment layer button at the bottom of the layer panel, clck on color balance, then imput these settings :
Shadow: +12 | Stay at default | Stay at default |
MIdtones: +69 | Stay at default | -36 |
Highlights: +7 | Stay at default | -18 |
(because the effects of this effect is not obvious, you can simply skip these step, although it does give a glow to it. You can go and see yourself

After you are done, you should have come to the final image:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/sceptileex/5.gif

Thats all! in case you are thinking that this is a rip from the other tutorials, i can only say that it is not. Most other fire text take up extensive space for their flames, but this one dosent, and it looks quite nice. Because it is not so fiery, you can also use it for a blue text :
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...ex/icetext.gif
Thanks for seeing my tutorial, hope you have fun!

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03-27-2005, 05:01 AM
MetaBrain

STUNING !!
Congrats, very nice tut all around... I'll make it for my sig
03-27-2005, 05:19 AM
sceptileex

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Originally posted by MetaBrain@Mar 27 2005, 11:01 AM
STUNING !!
Congrats, very nice tut all around... I'll make it for my sig

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Thanks :D
03-27-2005, 05:25 PM
Haven

that actually looks good..nice job..although it would be easier to download a firey font at this site
03-30-2005, 04:51 PM
Beginner

nice tutorial
03-30-2005, 05:31 PM
Illegalx17

sweet tut, i gotta try that
03-31-2005, 02:19 AM
zstan

can u use white backgorund instead of black?
03-31-2005, 05:39 AM
dragoneye

why dont u just try...
03-31-2005, 06:53 AM
sceptileex

I am not sure about white backgrounds. If you are doing a white background... well, most steps in this tut you cant follow, why dont you try and post it up so we can all see? sorry, ive got tonnes of homework lately so i dont have time to try... maybe next time (that should explain why i have hardly been responding and replying to the recent posts, not to say make tuts :D)
04-01-2005, 12:17 AM
Gregoryi

perfect. thanks ALOT. my friend wanted a banner with fire text on it and i thought i'd do it later than i was searching around on here and found it ;) thanks ALOT MAN :D
04-02-2005, 04:41 PM
tacoX

I think the fire one actually looks better, although the ice ones good too =). Thanks for your submission, and keep posting helpful tutorials!
04-04-2005, 12:41 PM
half-life man

hey im going to use that!
04-05-2005, 12:06 PM
bgdezman

ugggly!
04-06-2005, 06:00 AM
sceptileex

Would you like to tell us why it is ugly and what we can do to make it not ugly?
04-06-2005, 08:52 AM
dragonslayer

Nice and well written.
04-07-2005, 08:01 AM
sceptileex

eh.... this effect was created using photoshop 7, not 8, though i think they will work the same... lol -_-|||
04-08-2005, 01:23 AM
Samuel

Good job...like the effect. This is better then ure ice one...but the ice wasn't bad. Try some bleding and brushing when using it though :D
04-08-2005, 02:20 AM
ROTD

tight man! :P
04-08-2005, 04:17 AM
sceptileex

lol... didnt know there was something called a brush when i did this :D
04-08-2005, 08:12 AM
Daemon_

Waw sweet effect, thanks for submitting!
04-11-2005, 08:49 AM
SupraDaz

Sweet Tut man, i'll try that, looks Awesome
04-12-2005, 05:48 AM
tj86

nice tut mate. hope to see more soon
04-14-2005, 02:38 PM
*Ilse*

Whiej!
04-18-2005, 08:23 AM
sceptileex

wad is whiej?
05-01-2005, 05:59 PM
2xsess

Lights my fire :)
05-21-2005, 09:49 PM
Giggles

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can u use white backgorund instead of black?

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why dont u just try...

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Use the black backround for the tutorial, then click the black background with the magic wand tool, inverse the selection, and transfer to white.

Anyhow, I'm using this too. It was the first text one that came up in the search, lucky you ;)

*sees date of other posts*

.... Looks like I necro'ed. Oops. :rolleyes:
05-25-2005, 04:40 AM
silencer

nice tut, mabey you should use wind effect before liquifying it. Turn the text 90 CCW, filter->stylize->wind->from the right then turn it back 90 CW and liquify it ;)
05-25-2005, 09:24 AM
sceptileex

yeah, i know that only that it wont make much of a difference since u are liquifying it already.
05-27-2005, 05:14 PM
15420

nice! ill try it later :)
07-09-2005, 10:05 AM
e-xyper

Nice tut.
Keep up the good work :P .
07-12-2005, 03:08 PM
nazgul

that effect is cool man nice tut