PHOTOSHOP TEXT WORKS

Browsing online, you can find many tutorials for creating fire effects in Photoshop. But most don’t look real. Here is a quick tutorial with a real looking result, a “text flambeau” if you will. Photoshop CS2 is the version…

1. Create a new document using the Preset: 1024 x 768, set the Resolution at 150, and Color Mode to RGB.

2. Press Control + I to invert your foreground and background colors. This will make your background black.

3. Select the Horizontal Type Tool .

4. In your Type options, duplicate the following (I prefer to use a Serif font, so in this case we will use a 60 point Times New Roman that is colored white):

   

5. Type in some text, such as “Hot Type!”.

6. Select the Move Tool in the Toolbar .

7. Then select Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CCW. After doing this, if some of your text is off canvas, simply grab it and drag it back to center.

8. Select Filter > Stylize > Wind. Photoshop will ask you to Rasterize (flatten) the type. Select OK.

9. The Wind filter options will open. Make sure Method is Wind, and Direction is From the Right, then click OK.

10. Now you can see the wind blowing your text.

11. Press Control-F three times to have the wind process repeated. Now you will really see some fierce blowing. Similar to this:

    

12. Select Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CW to bring your text back to a horizontal position.

13. The next series of steps will utilize different layers, some with blurs and some with image adjustments.

14. Press Control + Alt + Shift + E. This will create a new layer that has combined your text and black background.

15. Select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. In the dialog box that opens, select 2.5, then click OK.

16. Now Select Image > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation. In the dialog box make sure the Colorize box is checked, then set your Hue and Saturation each to 40. Then click OK.

17. Now duplicate this Layer by pressing Control + J.

18. Then select Image > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation again. Make sure the Colorize box is unchecked this time, and set the Hue to -40. Click OK.

19. Next, set the Mode to Color Dodge as follows:

    

20. You should now see something like this:

    

21. Now we want to Merge our two adjusted layers by pressing Control + E, so we will have only 3 layers remaining, like so:

    

22. Now for the fun part. Select Filter > Liquify. This filter lets you push, pull, rotate, reflect, pucker and do almost any distortion you like to an image.

23. Set your Brush Size & Pressure to 40 to begin with, then click and drag wavy strokes where you want to create fire movement.

    

24. Try experimenting with different Brush sizes, pressure and density until you find your desired effect. You can always hit Control + Alt + Z to undo your changes. Once you are satisfied, click OK.

25. Now repeat Steps 3 & 4, except this time color your font black. Then drag it and line it up/place it over your fire:

    

26. Now we could stop there, but it doesn’t look real enough yet. We need to make it seem like the text itself is on fire, rather than just have a background effect. This is done by creating a Vector Mask, which simply hides all or part of a layer.

27. Make sure Layer 1 is selected in the Layers panel, then duplicate it by pressing Control + J. Now we have:

    

28. Click drag Layer 1 copy to the top, above the HOT TYPE! layer:

    

29. Then click the Add Vector Mask button in the Layers panel:

    

30. With the Mask selected on Layer 1 copy (as shown above), select the Gradient Tool then click and drag a Black to White gradient line from the bottom of the flames to the where the top of your text is.

31. Finally, to finish, I recommend adjusting the Color Balance and the Brightness / Contrast. Go to Image > Adjustments to make any finishing touches. Our finished project:

SMOKE

Smokin’ Text

To begin this tutorial, change the foreground color to C6C5C5 then grab the “Text Tool” and using “Palatino” as yoyr typeface, at the size of 97, type “smoke.”

Now go to the main menu and select “Filter” then “Distort” and lastly “Ripple.” Slide the Amount bar to 85% and make sure that the size is set to “Large.” Click Ok.

You should now have the following.

Next Go to “Filter” then “Blur” then “Gaussian Blur” at 1.6. Now right click on the text layer and choose “Blending Options.” Then select “Satin” and use the below settings.

You should now have the following.

Next, duplicate the layer and set the “Blend Mode” to “Muliply” and the “Opacity” to 20%. Then, click on the original smoke layer and go to “Filter” then “Blur” then “Gaussian Blur” at 1.6 again.

Create a new layer and using the “Pencil Tool” draw a series of black lines as I have done below.

Now go to the main menu once again and select “Filter” then “Distort” and lastly “Ripple.” Slide the Amount bar to 85% and make sure that the size is set to “Large.” Click Ok. Next Go to “Filter” then “Blur” then “Gaussian Blur” at 1.4.

Now right click on the duplicated smoke layer and choose “Blending Options.” Then select “Color Overlay” and use the below settings.

The Results!!!

You can also grab the “Smudge Tool” if you feel you want to do more for the smoke effect, but as far as I’m concerned, this tutorial is done. Enjoy.

METALS

Metallic Text

We’ll begin this tutorial by drawing a white rectangle using the “Rectangle Tool” on a 340 x 184 pixeled canvas. Name this layer “Rectanlge” then rasterize this layer by going to the layers palette and right-clicking and choosing “Rasterize“. The background is a dark blue to black gradient by the way which can be applied by using the “Gradient Tool“. On the background layer click and drag starting from the top to the bottom or visa versa. This will get you the gradient.

Now, right click on the rectangle layer and select, “Blending Options…“. Now click on “Drop Shadow“.   use settings at left Do not click OK yet… still more to do

Now click on “Bevel and Emboss“.   use settings at left Do not click OK yet. Still more to do.

Now click on “Gradient Overlay“.   use settings at left and in fig 1. You may now click OK.

Fig. 1 (or download gradient here)

You should now have the following:

Now type in “HeavyMetal” using the following settings:

You should now have the following:

Now, right click on the text layer and select, “Blending Options…“. Now click on “Drop Shadow“.   use settings at left Do not click OK yet. Still more to do.

Now click on “Inner Shadow“.   use settings at left Do not click OK yet. Still more to do.

Now click on “Gradient Overlay“.   use settings at left and in fig 2. You may now click OK.

Fig. 2

You should now have the following:

Now type some new text below the original and use steps 8 and 9 for the style. The typeface that was used for “Music” was “Exocet” (download typeface here) while “my ears” was “Verdana“. The color used was 696678. I also eliminated step 10.

Now “Ctrl” click the text layer “HeavyMetal” in the Layers Palette to create a selection around it. Go to the main menu and click on “Select” then “Modify” and lastly “Expand” set it to 4. Next, using the “Rectangular Marquee Tool” and holding the “Shift” key in on your keyboard, add to the selection where the selection dips down in between the letters. Still holding the “Shift” key in, draw a selection over the “Music 2 my ears” text. Now grab the “Polygonal Lasso Tool” and add a selection around the base of the “2“. Once the selections have been made, inverse the selection by going to the main menu and selecting “Select” then “Inverse“. Next, select the “Rectangle” layer in the layers pallet, then go to “Edit” and lastly “Cut“.

The Results!!!

Hope you liked this tutorial.

GLASS EFFECT

Glassy Text

We’ll begin this tutorial, by creating a new canvas with a size of your choice. Now hit “X” then “D” on your keyboard to make the foreground black and background white. Next setect the text tool and choose the text you wish to work with. I chose “Palatino” as text at a size of 91.

Right click on the newly made text layer and select “Blending Options” then click on “Drop Shadow“.   use settings at left and in step 8 below. Do not click OK yet… still more to do

Now click on “Inner Glow“   use settings at left and in step 8 below. Do not click OK yet… still more to do

Now click on “Bevel and Emboss“   use settings at left and in step 8 below. Do not click OK yet… still more to do

Fig. 1

Go ahead and adjust the graph so it is the same as mine. Click OK

Now click on “Color Overlay“.   use settings at left and in step 8 below. You may now click OK

The Results!!!

How to do a crazy effect with Photoshop 7.0

The “Crazy Effect Tutorail ” is a very easy one.To begin, I will show you the final result :

To start, create a 500px by 500px document.

Use a 72px text size and write the word you want.

Use the shortcut Ctrl-E to have only one layer and go to the menu Image–Adjustement–Invert to invert the colors.

Go to the menu Filters–Stylize–Wind and do it twice.(use Ctrl-F after you did it once because it is the shortcut)

Now, rotate the Canvas of 90CW and do the same thing.

Repeat this until your picture is like this. 

Use Ctrl-U to adjust the color and here it is!