Pearl Groupz
Banned
Source @ *forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1030432
Part 1—The Background
So create a new document in Photoshop at 1920px wide x 1200px high, and with the Gradient Tool (G), draw in a radial gradient of browns (#5c3d09 to #1f1409) so you get something like what is shown below.
Notice that the gradient is not centered vertically but sits toward the top. In this image we want the top of the text to be on fire, so the top part of the image should be a bit more lit up.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/1.jpg
Step 2
As in the grass text tutorial, once again we're going to have a textured background. But rather than starting from scratch, I just copied the background from the previous tutorial
, merged all the layers and desaturated to get what you see below.
If you need to make this from scratch, first visit Bittbox
to get the original paper textures and then follow the previous tutorial's steps.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/2.jpg
Step 3
Now we set the layer to Overlay and to blend the texture into the background and voila!
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/3.jpg
Step 4
Just to add a bit more texture though, let's run the Texturizer filter. To do this, create a new layer and fill it with a brown/beige color—#66500f. Then go to Filter > Texture > Texturizer and use the Canvas texture with 80% Scaling and Relief set to 4.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/4.jpg
Continue..
Step 5
Once you have your texturized layer, set that to Overlay. This adds some extra fine detail to our texture which is good because we're working on such a big canvas.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/5.jpg
Step 6
Next we're going to apply a layer to slightly desaturate the bottom half of the image. This is so that the top looks like it has a warmer glow where the flames are, while the bottom looks a little colder.
So create a new layer and fill it with the color #4b4f3b. Then add a layer mask with a gradient to mask out the top and fade down (so you get the effect shown). Now set the layer to Color and 45% Opacity.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/6.jpg
Part 7—Text + Glow = Awesomeness
OK, we now have a nice background! So let's add some text. I've used the font Trajan because it's a really dramatic looking font. Here I've placed the text in the color #cb9328, then set it to Linear Dodge (Add) with an Opacity of 8%.
What we're going to be doing with our text is making it look like the top half of the text is coming out of the background and is red hot with flames flickering off. This means we're going to run a lot of effects and apply layer masks to them so that only the top half shows while the bottom half reverts to faded out text like we have currently.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/7.jpg
Step 8
So first create a new layer group to put all the text layers in—because there will be a lot of them. Then duplicate the text layer and set the color of the duplicate text to #5e3f1c.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/8.jpg
Part 1—The Background
So create a new document in Photoshop at 1920px wide x 1200px high, and with the Gradient Tool (G), draw in a radial gradient of browns (#5c3d09 to #1f1409) so you get something like what is shown below.
Notice that the gradient is not centered vertically but sits toward the top. In this image we want the top of the text to be on fire, so the top part of the image should be a bit more lit up.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/1.jpg
Step 2
As in the grass text tutorial, once again we're going to have a textured background. But rather than starting from scratch, I just copied the background from the previous tutorial
Code:
*psdtuts.com/text-effects-tutorials/create-a-spectacular-grass-text-effect-in-photoshop/
If you need to make this from scratch, first visit Bittbox
Code:
[FONT=Century Gothic][B]*www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-high-res-grungy-paper-textures/[/B][/FONT]
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/2.jpg
Step 3
Now we set the layer to Overlay and to blend the texture into the background and voila!
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/3.jpg
Step 4
Just to add a bit more texture though, let's run the Texturizer filter. To do this, create a new layer and fill it with a brown/beige color—#66500f. Then go to Filter > Texture > Texturizer and use the Canvas texture with 80% Scaling and Relief set to 4.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/4.jpg
Continue..
Step 5
Once you have your texturized layer, set that to Overlay. This adds some extra fine detail to our texture which is good because we're working on such a big canvas.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/5.jpg
Step 6
Next we're going to apply a layer to slightly desaturate the bottom half of the image. This is so that the top looks like it has a warmer glow where the flames are, while the bottom looks a little colder.
So create a new layer and fill it with the color #4b4f3b. Then add a layer mask with a gradient to mask out the top and fade down (so you get the effect shown). Now set the layer to Color and 45% Opacity.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/6.jpg
Part 7—Text + Glow = Awesomeness
OK, we now have a nice background! So let's add some text. I've used the font Trajan because it's a really dramatic looking font. Here I've placed the text in the color #cb9328, then set it to Linear Dodge (Add) with an Opacity of 8%.
What we're going to be doing with our text is making it look like the top half of the text is coming out of the background and is red hot with flames flickering off. This means we're going to run a lot of effects and apply layer masks to them so that only the top half shows while the bottom half reverts to faded out text like we have currently.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/7.jpg
Step 8
So first create a new layer group to put all the text layers in—because there will be a lot of them. Then duplicate the text layer and set the color of the duplicate text to #5e3f1c.
*psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/118_Fire/8.jpg
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