well this is my first time making a tutorial...i hope you guys would like it
you'll be learning how to make a fire effect with photoshop although it doesnt look like the real fire in real life.
i tried my best. I found this out while i meddling around photoshop and the liquify effect. Well enough about that lets get started.
>>first start a new project with ctrl+N with the size 500 x 500 (pixel)
on your first layer(call it "fire) apply some filters
first filter>render>clouds - to get a nice background make sure it has more white than black
next filter>render>lens flare - add the lens to the bottom of the pic
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start1.jpg
next we need to blur it so the round circly things of the flare wont be seen
do this by going to
filter>blur>gaussian blur - add the right amount untill your satisfied. as long as the circly things of the flare cant be seen too much.
next create a new layer and fill it with black and set the blend mode to soft light
u'll get something like this
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start3.jpg
now you'll need to liquify it to make it look fiery
do this by filter>liquify or by pressing shift+ctrl+x on your keyboard
play around with it till you get a picture something like this....
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start4.jpg
ok now duplicate the layer and liquify it again this time you dont really have to worry about
making it any kind of effect just play around with it till you get something like
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start5.jpg
with that layer set the blend mode to colour dodge
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start6.jpg
since its quite bright make a new layer and fill it with black and set the blend mode to soft light you can change its opacity if you want to.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start7.jpg
now you've got the fire bg we wanna make a smokey effect behind. Ok now duplicate the layer. name it "smoke"
on the duplicated layer we need to blur it.
do this by filter>blur>motion blur> - set the angle to 90 or -90 degrees its the same thing anyways. set the distance so u'll get something like this.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start8.jpg
now you need to liquify it(AGAIN hahaha)
liquify untill you get something like this.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/start9.jpg
ok now you need to add a colour for the both of them.
open up the gradient layer on the fire layer
mode>adjustments>gradientmap
and set it like this
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77.../gradient1.jpg
ok now on the smoke layer you'll need to add some colours for it to
open up the gradient layer and set the colour almost similar to the first one.
ok now we have to blend the layers on the smoke layer set it to lighten mess around the opacity and ur DONE
heres my result:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...als/finish.jpg
i thought of sharing this with you guys :D. I asked you guys to name the layers so its easy for me to tell you how and easy for you to understand.
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i think theres some tut about making fire effect but never really saw one.
anyways i hope you guys like it.
Owh and to people reading this. It would be nice if you could register and be part of the forums. sorry if its big and long. i was also notified i put too many images haha.
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