Let me show you how to create fire around text in Photoshop!
Link in the description for the tutorial files.
This is a file that I will work with today to keep things simple
I'll work with one character and a background.
is to create a new layer to work nondestructively.
Then create a path using the Curvature Pen Tool or the Pen Tool.
I'll use the Curvature Pen Tool in this tutorial.
I find it easier to use.
Then from the Options Bar, make sure that you select Path.
Then create a path over your image. This is where the flame will follow.
Make sure that the new transparent layer is active, then go into Filter, Render Flame.
The Flame Generator has been in Photoshop for a really long time
and I don't think a lot of people know about it.
Let me know in the comments if it was new to you and of course hit
that like button if you're learning something new.
From this panel, we'll be able to generate flames. As you can
see from the preview window here on the left.
First, select a Flame Type.
We'll work with "One Flame Along Path" in this tutorial,
but feel free to experiment with the other options.
And you can use these sliders to control the flame.
As you see there, the preview is not always 100% what you'll get, so you may have to experiment.
Remember that you can go into the Advanced tab and make further adjustments to the flame if need be.
These settings work great for me, so I'll press OK.
Photoshop will then render a flame over the path we created and it looks fantastic.
Next, let me show you a few tricks to make it seem like the flame is interacting with the text layer.
We'll start by making it seem like the flame is wrapping around the letter F.
First, click on the Layer Mask icon to create a Layer Mask on the flame layer.
Then select the Brush Tool from the Toolbar and make sure that black is your foreground color.
With a Layer Mask, black hides and white reveals.
If you paint on the mask with black on this part of the flame layer,
you'll hide it from the front of the text layer.
Making it seem like it's coming out from behind and around the text layer.
If I paint with white.
White is not my foreground color.
I can swap between them by tapping on the X key.
I can reveal that effect that you see there and we're not done yet.
Let's now work on creating lighting effects over the text layer.
Start by creating a new layer above the text layer.
And you can clip it to the layer below by pressing Crl Alt G on Windows.
Command option G on the Mac.
I can now paint over the text.
I'm going to paint with white, but notice what happens.
I'm painting with white, but nothing is appearing over the text layer.
Why is that?
Well, that happens when you have an overlay layer style
applied to your layer, like the Gradient Overlay on this layer.
So what you can do is double-click to the side of the layer to bring up the effects
window here and you're going to have to do two things.
Unchecked Blend Clip Layers as Group and enable Blend Interior Effects as Group.
Once you do that, notice that the white comes out.
That's the white that I was painting a moment ago that wasn't showing.
So, you need to do these steps in order to make sure that the white
or whatever color that you paint on reveals on the layer below.
And that's only because we clipped it and that's what we wanted.
We wanted a clip layer so that we can just paint over the text and nothing else.
If we had no clip layer. When I paint, I paint everywhere else and that doesn't look good.
I just want to paint on the text.
So again, Ctrl Alt G, on Windows Command option G on the Mac to clip the layer below.
And since the layer below has an overlay applied a gradient overlay,
I needed to change the advanced blending options here in the Layers panel.
So Uncheck blend clip Layers as groups and check Blend Interior Effects as group.
Now I can treat this layer just like I would any other layer.
I could change the Blending Mode to Color Dodge and to make this layer seem hotter.
I can double-click to the side of the layer here and I can Uncheck transparency shapes layers.
See that?
It makes it look hotter and that's what we want.
You can reduce the Fill Opacity to decrease the intensity
and I can continue painting on this or any other layer.
I'll change the color to yellow and I'll just paint it.
I wasn't paying much attention to where the light will actually be hitting the text,
so I'll press Ctrl A on Windows Command and the Mac to select all.
I'll tap on the Backspace key to Delete. That's the delete key on the Mac
and I'll disable the selection by pressing Ctrl D on Windows.
Command D on the Mac.
Now I can simply paint over the areas that I think would be affected by the flame.
I'm going quickly here, but in your projects,
make sure to spend more time fine-tuning the smaller details.
I'm sure you're going to love it.
You can check it out here.
Thank you so much for watching.