In this tutorial I will describe how I immitate fire using filters, in Photoshop. This technique works with many canvas sizes, but for this tutorial I used 300x300.

- First off, make sure you have the default colors as your foreground and background colors (press "D" on your keyboard).
- Next, render some clouds. Filter > Render > Clouds.
- Next, some difference clouds. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. This step, repeat until the light shades take up most of the space.

Outcome:


- Next, we'll mess around with the lighting effects. Filter > Render > Lighting Effects.
I used these settings:
For the top color use orange for the color.
For the bottom color use red for the color.
Light type: Omni
In the preview on the side, make the circle cover most of the canvas.
Intensity: 71
Gloss: -14
Material: 60
Exposure: 0
Ambience: 18
(You dont always have to use these settings)

Outcome:


- Next, we'll ripple what we have, to make it appear more like fire. Filter > Distort > Ripple.
I repeated this a couple of times. With a value of 250. First, i started off small. Then, ctrl+alt+F, and changed it to large. Then, ctrl+alt+F, and changed it to medium.

That's really all there is to it, unless you wanna continue onto the optional steps.

Optional Steps:
- After completing all of the above. Duplicate the layer twice (ctrl+J, twice).
The duplicate at the top, gaussian blur it at 3 pixels. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
The one under it, sharpen it. Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen.
Change the blending mode for the blurred duplicate to: Pin light.
Change the blending mode for the sharpened duplicate to: Soft light.

Final Outcome:

thats awsome! i love graphic making! now if only i was as good at it as everyone else was! well



that was MY final outcome, not as good as yours but maybe i didn't choose the right Filter > Render > Difference Clouds, maybe next time i do it i will :-D

Nice outcome Albus. Like, mentioned above, this technique works with many sizes. Since the cloud filter takes up the entire canvas.

I made a sig a while back using this same technique, for a request:

Wow, I really like the way it comes out in the end. I'm no pro at Photoshop but I love playing around with it on my freind's computer, since I don't have it on my own. It really does come out looking like fire, but I sorta think that it looks a little more realistic in the stage before the final outcome. Sort of like an explosion or something. I like it a lot! I'd try but you know, I can't. It gives me yet another reason to beg for photoshop...better graphics...

Just a note, this is my first post here so excuse me if I'm just babbling on like an idiot!

here's the sig i made, based on this tut. I like it, let me know what you think.



I Made it to Commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the Greatest Infantry Unit in History.

This post has been edited by PIPER-4-HIRE: Apr 20 2006, 05:08 PM

sweet nice one thanks for that im tryin it now

I'll try it out soon.

Nice outcome Albus.I'll try it out soon.