This tutorial will need to prepare 2 images (fire and a hand).
You can download the fire image here and hand image here.
Fire image is copyrighted by Jason M.
Hand image is copyrighted by Charles-Elie Lathion.
Step 1 – Setting Up:
Create a new file and fill the background layer with radial gradient. The foreground color used is #461800 and background is #210700.
Step 2 – Adjusting Colors:
Drag the hand image on top of the background layer. We call this new layer as hand. Select Image > Adjusments > Hue/Saturation to adjust the color.
Check on Colorize and enter the values shown on the left..
Step 3 – Adjusting Levels:
Select Image > Adjusments > Level and enter the values shown beside.
Step 4 – Cropping the Hand:
Once these are done, crop the hand out from its background. You can do so by clicking on the Add layer mask button while on the hand layer. Then start using Brush tool with a comfortable size (I used 9px) to paint out the shape of the hand.
Some points to note. While on the layer mask, #FFFFFF is used to reveal and #000000 is for removal parts of an image.
Step 5 – Adding Glow:
Next thing is to create a glow on the hand. Create a new layer called glow. On that layer, use the Elliptical Marquee tool to draw a selection around the hand.
Go to Select > Feather it for 30px. Once you got that, fill it with white color. You will get to see something like what is shown on the diagram.
Step 6 – Colorize the Glow:
Set the Blend Mode of glow layer to Multiply.
Right-click on the glow layer and choose Blending Options. Move on to Color Overlay and set its color to be #FFCC00. Also set its blend mode to Overlay
Step 7 – Extracting Flames:
Now open up the fire image and go to its Channels tab. Ctrl + left click on the Red layer and it loads the selection of the brightest area.
Click onto RGB layer with the selection still active and drag the fire on top of the glow layer that we have earlier. Let’s name this new layer as flame.
Step 8 – Touching Up:
Next thing you need to do is to use the Eraser tool of a larger size (I used Soft Round 100px) to remove the excess flame since I just need a small one around the hand.
You can use the Smudge tool to move the fire around so that it appear more realistic.
Step 9 – Change Blend Mode:
Last thing is to set the flame layer to Screen mode. Click here to view the final image.
Hope you have fun there. Cheers.
I am Johnson Koh, a graphic and web designer in Singapore. Founded 10Steps.SG in August 2008 with the purpose to share my experiments and interesting design news.
Just a little constructive feedback i hope i think the tutorial was great but personally i would made the flame raise just a tiny bit higher for the added effect and maybe darkend the skin on the hand slightly more. But the readers can take the basics of this tute to whatever level they want so its all good good job love the effect.
yah got it right…only one thing tough…i had a hard time erasing the flames….my flames did not come out right…haha…it was obvious that i erased it cause some had sharp edges or missing flames…etc…but tnx 4 d tut tough…:D
hey can u help me? i
m getting stuck with step 4..once i go to blending options and i change the color and the blending mode to overlay…the circle just turns white…any advice? tnx..:D
Im stuck on step 6, I filled it with white, when i go to blending options and color overlay, i put that color in, and when i put blend mode on overlay, it jsut gos back to white?!?! Please help.
Is there anyway to post up our own results from these tuts, like a “User Submission” option. Cuz I made this fire one and I’m really proud of it so I wanna show it off a bit, even if it isn’t the best out there.
I’ll probably put it on my portfolio but not after I have done a few that look good.
great image. Can someone please email me at fatdonkey6@gmail.com, i am getting very stuck on step 4 and i do not get how to crop the hand out of it’s original background and make a perfect cut out hand over the background. I tried but i can’t seem to do anything!!
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hey get a new link to the hand
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Good one liked it i am the beginner a new designer learning still and these steps helped me
Thanks mate
Glad this tutorial is helpful to you. Welcome to 10Step.SG
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aw it was realy easy xD
THANK YOU!!!
I’m retrying this tutorial, but I keep getting a weird banding effect when I do the gradient. The gradient looks low quality and “pixelly”.
Anything I can do to fix it? I didn’t have this problem when I did this about a year ago.
Hi deadyetpresent, there is no hard rules for the erasing
It takes a few tries for me to get the desired effect too.
ty dude i dont know but maybe im bad at photoshop step 8 is hard for me i cant really get it to look like that
I like this man this is an easy one but have fun i like this one keep it up.
i try in cs3 its really working man. iam happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
THANKS
Very sorry for my late reply as I was in the army camp training these few days. Will be “released” only next Tues
@MirazTutorials: Thanks for your pointers. It’s great that you share your ideas with the rest of the readers.
@turbo: Adobe Photoshop is an imaging editing software, probably the most useful one ever
You can find more info about it at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/
@deadyetpresent: You may wish to check out http://10steps.sg/photoshop/types-of-extraction-in-photoshop/ where I highlighted several ways to crop an object. It depend on which one you are most comfortable with.
I need help i ‘m stuck at Step 4- the cropping part. I tired to crop out the hand but it looks really bad when I do it. ):
can someone please tell me wat adobe photoshop this is, i have lightroom2 will that work?
Just a little constructive feedback i hope i think the tutorial was great but personally i would made the flame raise just a tiny bit higher for the added effect and maybe darkend the skin on the hand slightly more. But the readers can take the basics of this tute to whatever level they want so its all good
good job love the effect.
thanks for the tutorial, i’ve tried it and am satisfied with my result.
Muchas gracias por el tutorial!
esí es como me quedó:
http://www.lozanoweb.com/fuego_mano/fuego_en_mano_by_rocco2.jpg
http://www.lozanoweb.com/fuego_mano/fuego_en_mano_by_rocco1.jpg
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i love this. but i cant get it to look exactly like it should. hopefully i get better.
great tutorial !
yah got it right…only one thing tough…i had a hard time erasing the flames….my flames did not come out right…haha…it was obvious that i erased it cause some had sharp edges or missing flames…etc…but tnx 4 d tut tough…:D
Hi Doogz, thanks for pointing this out. You have to set Blend Mode of the glow layer to Multiply also.
hey can u help me? i
m getting stuck with step 4..once i go to blending options and i change the color and the blending mode to overlay…the circle just turns white…any advice? tnx..:D
Hi Drew, what you did sounds correct to me.
How about trying this…instead of filling in white at Step 5, fill in with #FFCC00 and set that layer to Overlay.
Im stuck on step 6, I filled it with white, when i go to blending options and color overlay, i put that color in, and when i put blend mode on overlay, it jsut gos back to white?!?! Please help.
Is it because i have photoshop 7?
Hi mikki,
How about joining our Flickr group to display your works?
The link is http://www.flickr.com/groups/10steps/
Currently I’m trying to automate the submission of tutorials so everyone can contribute easily.
Will definitely look into your suggestion for User Submission after that!
Is there anyway to post up our own results from these tuts, like a “User Submission” option. Cuz I made this fire one and I’m really proud of it so I wanna show it off a bit, even if it isn’t the best out there.
I’ll probably put it on my portfolio but not after I have done a few that look good.
Hi Mason, You’ve just given me a good idea for the next tutorial
Btw, when is HeroesIII releasing?
Anyone know of a way to get a Heroes-like look to it, like how it looks right before the person’s about to go nuclear?
Thanks for your great support
Hey very nice tutorial. I’m liking it ..
Your site has a lot of great stuff .. keep up the good work – I’m book marking this .. and going to subscribe to the RSS feed. Lovely.
Hi Tyler,
There are several methods of cropping a subject out of its background at http://10steps.sg/?p=158. See if they can be of some help to you.
Thanks for trying out the tutorial
Hi,
great image. Can someone please email me at fatdonkey6@gmail.com, i am getting very stuck on step 4 and i do not get how to crop the hand out of it’s original background and make a perfect cut out hand over the background. I tried but i can’t seem to do anything!!
Thanks!
Love the end ressult!
Nice tutoral!
And thank you for submiting it to my website!