Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 19:18 Written by Flash Monday, 07 September 2009 01:10
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For this tutorial your going to need a good stock photo lined up. Something with action...and preferably dark (this effect works much better in a dark setting)
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Open the stock photo, then go to the paths tab and click create new path.
Press "P" on the keyboard to select the pen tool, Get a basic idea of where the fire is going. Keep in mind dimension and action. Swirls do wonders!
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A. Click to start your path
B. Click your next point, hold and drag to create a bezier spline path, which is necessary to create flowing lines
C. Continue doing this, following the idea of where you want the fire to go.
Dont worry about getting it right the first time as you can change the spline at any time...another little tip - if you press and hold ctrl while using the pen tool you can temporarily access the direct selection tool which will allow you to edit the spline (a big time saver)
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And eventually...you get something like what i have below. Remember that your only going to use the parts of your path that are in front of the object your path follows...in this case the models arm, and leg. So don't waste time trying to make the hidden parts look pretty.
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A. Now you want to select a soft round brush (i used a 5 pixel brush here) and pick an orange color.
B. Make a new layer and name it Fire.
C. Go back to the paths tab and select stroke path with brush.
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You should immediately see the stroked path.
On mine you'll see splatters and flairs that weren't part of the original path. Those give the fire line the illusion that it is moving, and were accomplished by simply grabbing the clone stamp tool - using a spatter brush and cloning/stamping areas of the path at random.
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Mask/erase the parts of the path that are behind the legs/arms or whatever it is your paths follows.
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Right click on the Fire layer and select blending options, and use these options/values.
Feel free to play with the settings (that's how i discovered this technique)
You might end up with something better!
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Duplicate the Fire layer, and set the layer mode to OVERLAY
Click the eye next to inner shadow and inner glow on the duplicate layer to deactivate them.
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Now double click on outer glow on the duplicate and change the values to this.
Conclusion
Spend a little time, and you can make something like what i have below...
For a different effect, duplicate the FIRE layer again, and filter>distort>wave.
Play with the opacity levels, and play with the blending modes - particularly OVERLAY.
Good luck!
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Monday, 12 October 2009
Where did yopu get that lady picture? can you tellme where can i findit? ´cause i´ve been lookin at deviantart but i cant find one good as the one in this tutorial... thankyou...
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thanks and congrats again
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009
thank you for sharing
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Sunday, 08 November 2009
CAN I GET SOME FEED BACK OF HOW TO MAKE ONE OF THESE!
PLEASE
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It would be great if you could include more details and/or tips to help accomplish this look. I really like the graphics on this photo and would like to recreate the effect.
Thanks.
Monday, 23 November 2009
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
I noticed today that the final product bears a striking resemblance to the new book cover for Playing With Fire by Gena Showalter that just came out this month or so.
Were you [tutorial creator] the one that designed the book cover or did someone just use your tut? Lol.
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perhaps i will try to doing althoug i don't know if will understand competely ( I'm not English TT_TT)
thanks for the post
x3
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
you are an expert and newbie need more detail and explication
especially to create the splatter effect of the fire ...
its not a tutorial for me cause only a small amount of person could create the effect......
10/10 fort the design but 2/10 for the tuto
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