Photoshop Tutorials | Fire Effect

Title: Fire Effect




1.) Open a new document to the required size. I will be using 500x500 with a white background.



2.) Go to Filter -> Render-> Clouds


3.) Your image should now be similiar to this


4.) Go to Filter -> Render-> Difference clouds

5.) Your image should now be similiar to this

6.) To maximise the effect repeat step 5, keep going untill you are happy with the style. An easy way to do this is to press
crtl/Apple F .

I repeated step 5 about 10 times to produce this


7.) Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Gradient map

8.) Now click on the gradient bar to apply your own personal settings.


9.) Now select a gradient similiar to the desired colours. In this case I chose the circled gradient


10.) Go to the bar at the bottom and modify and add your colours. There is no need to supply colour references here, as this can be altered to make a number of different effects.


When completed play around with the various liquify tools and warp tools to enhance the fires realism.

The fire can now be used as a filter layer for text effects, great for blowing up stuff and creating hell.