| Fire text is one of the most classic technique that you can see in Photoshop tutorials. I am trying out another version here using some real fire images, mix with filters and blending methods. Here we go! |
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| Create a document of a reasonable large size with black background. Using Type tool, with size 280pt and Trajan Pro font, type a number “1″. You can download the font here. Otherwise you may also use other fonts of your preference. |
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| Right-click on the type and choose Blending Options. Check on Outer Glow and key in the following settings. |
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| Check on Color Overlay and key in the following settings. |
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| Check on Satin and key in the following settings. |
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| Check on Inner Glow and key in the following settings. |
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| Right-click on your type layer again and choose Rasterize. Using the Eraser tool with size 200px, fade off the top portion of the type. |
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| Go to Filter > Liquify. Select the Forward Warp Tool and key in the following settings. Using the Forward Warp tool, create some waves on the border of the type. |
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| Download the Fire image from Shaedsofgrey. Go to Channels tab and select the Green layer. Ctrl + left click on the Green layer to load selection of the highlight areas. |
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| Go back to Layers tab and use the Move Tool to drag any part of the selected area into the document with the “1″ you done earlier. Place the fire above the type. |
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| Using the Eraser tool with 15px, erase all the excessive fire, leaving only those parts that is waving around the type. |
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| Duplicate the fire layer. Set the Opacity of the original fire to 30%. Set the Blend Mode of duplicated fire to Overlay. |
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| Repeat the processes to cover the type with more flames. And there you got your first flaming type! |
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| Create more flaming letters according to your own preferences. |
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| Download Premade Background from Chulii Stock. Resize and place the image into the document as shown below. |
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| Create a layer above the Premade Background and fill it with #000000. Set the Opacity of this layer to 50%. Use the Eraser tool to reveal the wooden floor. |
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| Create a new layer and name it as Glow. Paint 3 huge red dot with the Brush tool (Soft Rounded) as shown in the screenshot below. |
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| Set the Blend Mode of this layer to Color Dodge. We are done for this tutorial. Hope this will be useful for your future works.PS: I will love and appreciate if you post a link to this tutorial on your site to share with your readers. But PLEASE do not copy the entire tutorial, embed it into your personal blog and make it look as if it is your own work… Thanks. |
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Aaron is a writer for 10Steps.SG 
270 Comments | Write a Comment
Great tut! When I want to enhance a power of letters I use flames created in app Flame Painter. It’s easy and quite impressive, too.
Thnx Very Much! I was searching for a tutorial which is possible for begineers on fire text effect. Before your tutorial I’ve tried 6, all of them got stuck at some complicated point, but your tutorial made it possible for me.
Thnx again!
Just wanted to say that this is a brilliant and incredibly helpful tutorial. Thank you sir.
I’m going to go as far as saying this is the best type effect tutorial I have used. Keep up the clever work. Need more people like yourself keeping things simple and high quality.
Huge Thanks,
Eske.
thanks a lot…. i did it with my name on and with a number of changes.
Thanks a lot dude, this helps… keep posting new tutorials, this was really help full for me, thanks again keep it up…
Hi my friend.
Today I learn a new and beauty design.Thanks so much
And I hope every body that see your teaching don’t post it in his(her)web and only linked it.
good luck
It is hard to control the spammers who steal our content regularly : )
thanks it’s worked
my hero. enough said this worked sooo well and i didn’t have to even concentrate. just go through the motions and bam!
Step two says to right click on the number one to open up blending options. I’m using CS5 and nothing like that is possible when I right-click. What is another way in to blending options? I tried highlighting the number but still no such option.
Dear Chava,
The step 2 says that right click on the type, that means you have to right click on the text layer from the layers panel then from the list select Blending Options and key in the settings mentioned in the tutorial.
You can find the layers panel at the bottom left.
The text layer is shown by a “T” in the thumbnail.
Thanks again my friend. You have been very helpful!.
Anyway I can invite you to do a guest post on 10steps to introduce yourself?
I also had trouble when it came to the fire. It says select green channel and drag it over. But when you do it is in b&W. The picture shows color. I think a step was skipped. Difficult if you are not very experienced. Hopefully he’ll explain the problem.
To avoid changing it into b&w hold down alt click on the green channel thumbnail.
You will see the channel is selected without turning itself to b&w.
Then copy the selection(Edit>Copy) and paste it in your fiery text document or cntrl j to create a new layer from the selection and duplicate the layer.
JUST MAKE SURE TO SKIP THE PREVIOUS STEP MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE WHERE IT IS SAID THAT FIRST CLICK ON THE GREEN CHANNEL THEN HOLD DOWN ALT AND CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL(this turns it b&w)
Hope this helps…
Thanks Anbrata for the tip!
Great tutorial. But for those making the entire alphabet I sugest to use the filter Distort>Wave instead of liquifying letter by letter.
Superb. Thanks for sharing. I have learned and done It.
Awesome effect… you had such a great work over there with some good tips. thanks Excellent tutorial easier than I thought it could be, thanks for this new way to create fire letters
Great tutorial! I’m from Singapore too!
Here’s what I’ve created by following your tutorial:
[IMG]http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo304/kim_junhong/BLOG%20Stuffs/Banner27JAN2012-FireFlames.jpg[/IMG]
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo304/kim_junhong/BLOG%20Stuffs/Banner27JAN2012-FireFlames.jpg
cool…thks anyway…:D
Excelente tutorial, las explicaciones son muy claras y faciles de seguir.
Muchas gracias por compartir.
Woow
I tried it a couple times,
and I think it is pretty hard for a beginner.
I didn’t understand everything.
And my result isn’t that good either.
But still it was a nice tutorial!!!
hi there im little bit confused about in step 9 in dragging the fire into the one i made it when i drag it its black and white and also it goes to channel instead of layers..
thanks i hope you can help me
great tutorials
Used this with great results. Didn’t need to use the highlights from the green channel as I used the RGB channel and it worked fine.
Thanks a bunch, great tutorial.
It’s really cool.I love this.Thank you.
Burning hot tutorial baby:)
Really cool….thanks buddy!
Very Nice Work. I am really happy cool
Burning hot tutorial … I love the realism of the final output … Very easy to follow as well … Thanks Johnson
this website is really help for those who either are new to photoshop or are the professional user of it.
The liquify tool! Got it!
Awesome… It’s a great tutorial..
Old article but It’s still helpful for me.
Thank Johnson so much.
Vinh
Oh for Christs sake!
What’s with that fire? Why? Y u grey fire? And why nobody answers? Not even those, who previously had that problem and menaged to solve it? “Wicked” ain’t answer!
I would love to enjoy this toturial, as it seems absolutelly astonishing, but in this particular moment I just want to bomb myself in some place full of photoshop designers.
DAMN!
Still waiting for someone wiser, BUT:
I used the b/w fire, than i used hue/saturation (ctrl+u) on it – checked the ‘colorize’ box and set the saturation to 100% and hue to what seemed to get the best result.
Bobming the place is not an option anymore.
dont actually click the green channel and then select keep it on RBG and control/command click the green channel
yeah his green channel thingy doesn’t work – makes the fire grey.
use the RGB channel instead, ctrl-click to select and then use the move tool to drag the selection onto your image from the layers palette box. Set to screen mode and then duplicate flame layers, flip, distort, move, set to soft light if you like… whatever looks good. then erase the bits you don’t want.
thank you
That was a great tutorial
Very insightful Tutorial.. . I’m especially thankful for the Tipp with the Greed Layer to cut out the fire ! … that’s awesome man !
i was looking for this, thx great tut.
Thanks alot now I’ve got a new idea
thanks for this great thing!
this is my art work:
http://mmusuyidee.deviantart.com/art/kaveh-mmusuyidee-198534419
you make me happy if take a look!
Great tutorial thanks
please send me this filter
This is what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing this information with us. I have forwarded this link to my designers, so that they can come with the similar kind of template model I asked for.
Thanks, looks very good, thany you!!!
Awesome effect. Even after trying everything to get the flame out of the b/w, it still isn’t doing it for me in CS4. I click, do the green, move it over, it’s b/w, get frustrated. This should be really easy, I was able to do everything with no problem but for some reason, I’m stuck, even after reading similar “answers.” Argh.
I guess a good nights rest did it for me because I figured it out! All I can say is w-i-c-k-e-d! Thanks!
I am on it. I will try thins out coming Sunday.
tank u very nice and good
Thank you
wth, you didnt buy the font? – if not, how’d you downloaded it for free? all link i hit says I have to pay -,-’
Can you give me the exact size of the canvas? I also can’t seem to key in the effects without the result looking like less of what you made.
Thanks for this nice tutorial.
Here is mine : http://macxim.posterous.com/playing-with-fire
Keep up the good work !
Fantastic tutorial – definitely the best fire effect I’ve come across. Thanks for sharing
Super tutorial!Thanks! Cool text effect!
Hey guys! For those of you stuck on the bringing the fire from the other document after you highlight the “Green” channel. Here’s what I did
At first I dragged and it came over colorless. To fix this, click back on the channels tab and make sure RBG is selected. When I first did Ctrl clicked, i selected the green only, and when I dragged the selection to the document I was working on it came over greyscale. I went back to the color channels and selected RGB so that it’s in full color, THEN just use the selection tool and DRAG the selection of fire to the subject you’re working on. Hope that helps some! Just mess around with it! you’ll learn more that way! Happy shopping! And thanks 10stepssg for AWESOME TUTS!
George
Thanks for this! I was stuck for a while wondering how to convert from grayscale… guess that’s what happens when you try to design without sleep at 6:00am
i soooo need help i am stuck have highlighted the green channel but have no idea how to get it into the 1 document your effect is awesome and would really love to finish the tutorial please help urgent!!!!!
ok worked out how to drap selection into 1 document but its still grey hellllllllllppppp please
Hi this is a great tutorial but i am a bit stuck any help would be good:
i have use the eraser to blend the letters but when i go to use the liquify it is greyed out and i can’t access it. what am i doing wrong? is there something else i should be doing?
any help will be greatly appreciated
thx
wow thank you Johnson I am from Iraq really I whant to be a friend to you I hope to message to me (I like you ! ).
oh… my name is Mohammed
nice to message to you. you have a great web site!
designer
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!
AWESOME Tutorial … I’m especially thankful for the Tipp with the Greed Layer to cut out the fire ! … that’s awesome man !
Fire Effect is Amazing!!! Thanks your Tutorial sir,
hi there , I am stuck at the 7 step bcoz i am not getting that how to put the fire on the type i followed your instructions but it is ‘n working
I got lost at 8 and I don’t get it
Superb Text Effect…!!, thanks for make it possible for me to learn new things..
look forward for your next ideas..
uhmm…well im stunned in the part when you move the fire…am… i have a question, the fire has to be in the same psd document?? or it can be in another… because when i move the fire… it only moves the highlight outlines…please…im stunned in this step so please help me
tHanks, cool, short and well explained tutorial, I’ll recommend this tutorial and website in my blog
thanku
hi,,
This is pawan
It’s really nice,
Thanku:)
Nice tutorial, thanks!
From Mar del Plata, very good!
Excelente!
I’m currantly stuck on about the 8th step. I don’t fully undertsand what to do.
WOW, really nice outcome!
Unfortunately I stuck at the point where the selection of the green channel is to be moved over to the other document… the fire remains b/w… but I can’t find my mistake… Could you please help?
ok – got it
How did you fix it please? I’m stuck on the same thing, when i drag it its gray not red =x
Hey !
could someone please upload an example of a final picture
in .PSD format somewhere !?!?
can´t make it.. would so love to have one.. and play arround with it !
THX !!
Thanx. Nice sharing.
very good…………..keep going!
very nice tutorial. I like the detail and easy to understand. Thank you!
Awesome one but i am stuck in nd 2nd step itslef pls help me
i crated d black background nd text nd d problem is u told to right click nd select blending options nd outerglow but i am not getting d color,spread size etc its showing me something different such as advanced blending fill opacity knockoutetc pls help meeee plsss
Click one the “Outer Glow” option on the right panel…
hope u get it^^
so cool .. you the best
Fantastic tutorial!! It’s the only one I’ve gotten to work so far. Thank you Mr. Koh. You’re very talented.
Here’s another great way to get a cool burning glow effect for the last step-
1. Right click your text layer and select “Duplicate Layer”
2. Move that duplicated layer under your original text layer
3. Go up and select Filter–>Blur–>Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 20px or higher depending on your taste.
Good Luck!
Wonderful effect! Thanks for easy to follow tutorial
Awesome tutorial. Favorited!
Wow
it’s The Best Design Of His Kind That i have ever seen
it’s my Work With My name[OMAR]
I hope u like it
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3323/flamingomar.jpg
best fire effect absolutely fantastic ..
my gallery at deviantart http://ekhnaton2001.deviantart.com/gallery/
Can you make an action of this, plzzz? Plss send to my e-mail, thank you so much…^^
Plager your tutorial John!
I’m your Fan
Link: http://photoshop.kingtutz.com/2009/10/22/scorching-fire-text/
WOOOW… super cool ^^
Good Job, and keep going
Very nice desing. Thx..
Check this out!
My face on fire in facebook using your awesome tut!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=130324
Hi, I’ve used this tutorial to make a invitation to school party
Check it out http://strajk.deviantart.com/art/Scary-school-party-140937927 and thanks 
Loved this tutorial. Easy. Looks awesome!
Here’s mine! http://www.flickr.com/photos/22069163@N03/3967292261/
tired that fire with that pic cant be done on sc3 did it in brushes there is no move like sc2 has
i jus njoyed dis concept…n tanx a lot…..u rokk!:)
Thank you for this tutorial!
Nice Tut, I enjoyed very much.
Hey Johnson ..Its an awesome tutorial
i’m newbie for Photoshop,when I drag fire to the Text ,The Fire was Grey and i can’t change it into Fire color like on your Tutorial..Please Help me
I’m follow every steps on your tutorial
If you are in channels, choose the green one like in tutorial. The CTRL + Click and you have a selection. Then choose the RGB channel to get color in your fire. If you put the fire to the text now, you should have colors ^^.
Have fun and GreeZ from Switzerland,
FreeZZa
hmm hey johnson.. awesome effect..:) i once saw some smoky letters on internet somewhere i don remember.. but it was all blue in color.. i thought ur creation is same with only the color change from blue to fire color..
How did you erase so good can you plz teach or put it on the tut because when i erase i get corners and all that in the pic plz teach us.
Hi Dhaval, I usually use the Eraser tool with Soft Round type and a reasonable large size (around 50px and above) for erasing such flames/waves images. Some trials and errors involved so make sure your History list is long enough to handle them.
wooooooooow, its realy coor work
great…
n thanks alot for this tutorial ,
keep posting mr.koh
Yes there are many fire text tuts out there. BUT YOURS IS THE BEST!
Nice Tutorial, Thankz
Awesome tutorial! Thanks a lot. Was real easy to follow.
Certainly is the best tut when we talk abou fire and typo
Congrats and thanks .. =)
just the link; http://ejiboo.fileave.com/Flaming-Nick-sample.jpg
Loved it. here’s what i have so far. i’ll go a lot further with it. popped it together in an hour with your awesome instruction. thanks!
[img]http://ejiboo.fileave.com/Flaming-Nick-sample.jpg[/img]
Loks cool. But I’m having issues with the erasing step near the beginning. Can you go into more detail about the settings u use? I’m a reletive n00b at this
It’s awesome.i never seen before.Thank you. it’s usefull for me.Again i apprciate you.Thank you very much.
thank for post.
ur photo very nice
Classy stuff mate
Very refined
i dont understand how too get the fire onto the text can you go into more detail please?
Great tutorial, I’m going to use it with my students. A useful tip might be to suggest the early steps could be saved as a action so you wouldn’t have to do so much work for the subsequent letters. : )
Johnson u are rocking man…
Haha thanks Lawrence. It’s great to see you again
Great Tutorial. Thanks..
i love it
http://www.lidagraphic.com
Awesome fire effect but i have a problem in erasing the fire because its density because when i erase the fire so it fit the letter it become so bad and when i use the green channel it loose its fire effect and become dark and ussles not like real fire thanks for the great tutorial and sorry for my bad grammar
I love this effect and I really surprised how simple you create the fire from a fire image.
You did great! Thanks you
so nice…we’re wating for next
nice, nice.. love it
Awesome effect and great explanation howto, thanks!
um everytime i try to chang the color of satin or outer lay etc the gray stays there and cant change the color
wow, that’s the best fire i’ve ever seen. Awesome!
I have a question. When you said to Ctrl + Left Click to select the highlighted areas, it just says that I could not use the move tool because not all channels were selected. But I am not even to that part yet.
Hi Fallon, after you done the Ctrl+left click on the Green Channel layer, select the RGB Channel layer again. Then go to Layers tab and you can use the Move tool from there. I am sorry for the lack of clarity on this.
Thank you so much. This is the best tutorial I have ever seen!
Another great one Johnson!
Great tutorial, thank you Johnson! You have a teaching method that makes it easy to understand for the novice.
Thanks again,
Craig~The 7thDwarf
Excellent tutorial easier than I thought it could be, thanks for this new way to create fire letters.
This fire text is actually different…….and thanks for such a well explained tutorial. I am sure it will come in handy for me. Thanks once
its really superb fire effect. you have done a good work. Congrats…………..
Hey
Awesome job on the tutorial,but i have problems already in the second step of the tutorial.I did a A4 Page and did it black and then put a font that i want but when i get to the blending options and put the outer glow,color overlay,satin and the inner glow,it doesn’t do like you have in the picture.
I tried a couple of time but it just comes out the same thing.
What do u think I did wrong?I hope you can help me!
One again you did a excellent tutorial!
Regards
Eran
Hi Eran, you may wish to adjust the values for each of the Blending Options. The values shown in this tutorial are meant for web sizes (approx 1000-1200 pixels). A4 Page with 300dpi is a rather high resolution. So every values have to be set higher in proportion as well. Let me know if you encounter further issues?
Amazing post bro, will surely come in handy for me.
you had such a great work over there with some good tips. thanks
why is that when i’m dragging the fire into the “1″ doc is has no color??it’s black and white..
Hi Jess, with the selection loaded (after ctrl+left click on the Green Channel), click on RGB Channel layer. Go back to Layers tab, and you can move the fire in color. Sorry for the confusion
excellent tutorial, thx for all your work and effort
i have the same problem and just cannot figure it out.
1. i download the image onto desktop
2. copy and paste into new tab in cs4
3. make green channel selection and click on rgb and i’m able to move the fire image around
4. how do i move it into original tab with the text? when i copy and paste from one tab to another, i just get the black/white version
please help!
Hi. I struggled a little with this myself but finally figured it out! You probably just misunderstood it like I did.
Basically, you need to MARK all the channels. What I did when I read this was to just click on the eye (show/hide) for all the channels, which is wrong, cause I still only had the green channel marked. Hope you understood what I meant.
Good luck!
And thanks for publishing one of the greatest tutorials I’ve seen so far!
wow..it’s HOT
It’s a great tutorial and very easy to follow thanks. Can it be translated to spanish?
Very nice tutorial. Getting this effect w/out a plugin is something most folks wouldn’t even try.
But that is also the fun of Photoshop isn’t it
I love this! Reminds me of Supernatural… awesome tv show.
Thanks Niyi! Great to hear from you again
That was a great tutorial…Thanks!!!
Thanks too
Thanks for the appreciations guys!
one of the better fire text tutorials around..
Awesome effect…thanks for this tutorial