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Revision as of 18:34, 3 February 2009
Contents
Create The Document
- Create a new file
- 640 x 360 at 150 dpi
Video Tutorial
Coming soon...
YouTube : bad video ID !
Setting the Stage
- Select the default foreground and background colors by pressing the "D" key.
- Fill the background with black by pressing Alt+Backspace
Place The Text
- Select the text tool
- set the font to Monotype Corsiva
- set the size to 110pt
- set the font color to white
- Type OT on the image
- Place the text slightly below center to allow for flame wisps
Setup For The Flame
- Duplicate the "OT" Text layer by pressing Crtl+J
- Turn off the layer named "OT copy" by clicking its eyeball on the layers window
- Add a layer style to the OT copy layer by double clicking it in the layer window
- Under Blending options set the Fill Opacity to 0 located under the Advanced Blending section
- Select the "Outer Glow" style
- Set the Size to 4px
- Click the color box and set the RGB value to #ffb017
- Select the "Inner Glow" style
- Set the opacity to 100%
- Click the color box and set the RGB value to #ff9c00
- Set the size to 11px
- Click OK
- Make the OT layer visible by clicking on it's emtpty eyeball box
- Add a layer style to the OT layer by double clicking it in the layer window
- Under Blending options set the Fill Opacity to 0 located under the Advanced Blending section
- Select the "Outer Glow" style
- Set the Size to 28px
- Click the color box and set the RGB value to #ff4e00
- Select the "Inner Glow" style
- Set the opacity to 100%
- Click the color box and set the RGB value to #ffc600
- Set the size to 18px
- Click OK
Flame On
- Select the smudge tool
- set the smudge tool settings
- Hardness to 25%
- Strength to 75%
- Diameter to 20px
- With the OT copy layer selected, use the smudge tool to pull out wisps of flames (see video time = )
Enhance The Flames
- Turn the OT layer into a selection by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking it's layer icon in the layers window
- Inverse the selection by menu/Select/Inverse ot Shift+Ctrl+I
- Press the Delete key
- Deselect by pressing Ctrl+d
- Turn the OT layer into a selection again by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking it's layer icon in the layers window
- Create a new layer by clicking the new layer icon on the Layers window or Pressing Shift+Ctrl+N
- Bring up the Fill dialog box by pressing Shift+Backspace
- Under Contents set the Use selection to White, Click OK
- Deselect by pressing Ctrl+d
- Set the blending mode of the newest layer to Overlay
There you have it, a very realistic looking fire text effect using Photoshop
Bibliography
- (ISBN 0321555562
- (ISBN 0321580095
- (ISBN 073571388X
Amazon's Related Products
- {{#ASIN:B001EUBSL0}}
- {{#ASIN:B001DMBWXS}}
- {{#ASIN:B00095M4Q4}}
See Also
- Make ice text in photoshop
- Make lightning using photoshop
- Create a brushed metal texture using Photoshop CS
- Create neon sign text using photoshop cs
- Insert an image into text using photoshop
- Make 3d images
