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fire it up
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The intended result of our fire tutorial. Open a new image and fill with black.
Create and position your white text. Make sure to leave ample room
at the image top for the flames.
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Duplicate the text layer (Layer > Duplicate).
Create a new layer and fill with black. Now arrange the new layer
so it is in-between the original text layer and the copied text
layer, as shown. Select the copied text layer and press Cntrl + E to
merge the layers.
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Edit > Rotate Canvas 90 degrees
counterclockwise. Under Filter, utilize Filter > Stylize >
Wind using the default settings three times.
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Rotate the image back 90 degrees clockwise.
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Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a 2.0
setting. This setting will create better flames at the end of this
tutorial. Which, of course, is what we all want.
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Now to add some color: Image > Adjustments
> Hue and Saturation with the settings: Hue at 40, Saturation at
100, Lightness at 0.
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Duplicate Layer 1. Add some color to the
duplicated layer: Image > Adjustments > Hue and Saturation
with the settings: Hue at 0, Saturation at 100, Lightness at 0.
Change the blending mode of this layer to Color Dodge.
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With the duplicated layer (layer one) still
active, press Cntrl + E to merge the layers.. Move the original
text layer to the top of the layer pallet.
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The result of changing the blending mode and
merging the layers. With a few more steps, the flames will look much
more realistic.
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Highlight the text layer and change the text
color to black, which will make the text stand out much better
against the flames backdrop.
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