hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV
I'm going to show you how to make your
own text into colorful glowing party
candles this document is 1920 x 10
hundred 80 pixels with a resolution of
150 pixels per inch call up your type
tool and open your character text panel
if you don't see it go to window and
choose character choose a font i'm using
frankfurter medium which you can
download for free at fun zone net type
out your text to move it call up your
move tool click on your text and move it
we can close the character panel now go
to your text layer and press ctrl or
command and then click down this will
make it into a selection click on the
background to make it active and press
ctrl or command + J to cut the selection
from it and copy to its own layer we can
Trash the original text since we don't
need it anymore go to filter and liquify
the liquify window will open we'll use a
brush size of 70 and a brush pressure of
a hundred click on the forward warp tool
at the top of each letter drag down a
bit to create a slight Valley this is
where each candle flame will be to make
your brush larger or smaller press the
right or left bracket key respectively
now paint in some drips on the letters
and click OK go to the layer and press
ctrl or command to make it into a
selection we can now trash the layer
since we have its selection click on the
new layer icon to make a new layer click
on the layer mask icon to make a layer
mask next to the empty layer go to the
layer mask and press ctrl or command to
make it into a selection and then click
on the empty layer to make it active
click on the foreground color and choose
a bright color call up your pencil tool
and paint in that color over your first
letter
continue to pick colors for each of your
letters and paint them in to delete the
selection press ctrl or command + d
double click on the layer to call up the
layer style window click bevel and
emboss and make the depth of thousand
percent and the size 54 pixels depending
on the size resolution and
characteristics of your text you may
want to adjust these numbers uncheck
global light and will make the angle 100
degrees and the altitude 50 click on
inner glow will make the blend mode
darken the opacity fifty percent and the
size 16 pixels click on the color box
and choose black click OK and close out
the layer style window call up your zoom
tool and zoom in to the top of one of
the letters make a new layer and invert
the foreground and background colors by
clicking on the double curved arrow or
pressing the letter X call up your brush
tool and will make the size 35 points
the blend mode normal and the opacity
100 percent brush in a slightly wavy
line approximately the size of a flame
let's taper it a bit press the letter e
to call up your eraser tool and taper it
on both sides click on the FX icon and
choose add or glow make the blend mode
screen and click on the color box will
choose B 5 7 8 30 will make the opacity
fifty percent the spread seven and the
size 68 make a new layer and we'll name
it blue four blue flame will name the
flame under it main flame click on the
blue layer to make it active and we'll
make the foreground color 75 75 ad call
up your brush tool decrease the size of
your brush and we'll make the opacity
between forty to forty-five percent
brush in some blue at the base of the
flame make another layer and we'll name
it glow
we'll make the glow f4d f55 brush in a
slightly tapered glow on the flame above
the blue change the blend mode to
overlay' make a new layer and drag it
between the blue and the main flame will
name it wick will make the wick color
373 c4a I'll make the brush size about
seven points and paint in a wick I'll
use my eraser tool to slightly taper and
erase some of it at the top let's place
all our flame layers into a folder click
on the bottom flame layer and then press
and hold shift as you click on the top
layer this highlights all the layers in
between now press ctrl or command G
which places them all into a folder
let's rename it flame to fit the entire
image on your screen press ctrl or
command + 0 click on the candle layer
and make a new layer above it go back to
the candle layer press shift and click
down this highlights both layers press
ctrl or command + E to merge them
together make a selection of the shape
and click on the layer mask icon click
back on the layer to make it active call
up your brush tool and press I to call
up your eyedropper click on the lightest
area of the candle to pick up its color
and brush in that color just under the
flame continue this process with each
candle make a copy of the flame folder
and drag the copy of the flame to
another candle open up the folder and
click on the main flame to make it
active call up your transform tool and
at the top click on the warp icon now
drag the points and lines to warp the
flame a bit then press Enter or return
continue making slightly different
flames from the original let's place the
candle and all the flames into a
folder let's name it candle make a copy
of the candle folder call up your
transform tool and click on the top
middle press shift and drag straight
down then press Enter or return let's
give our reflection a doc radian and
some ripples open the folder and click
on the candle layer to make it active go
to filter distort and zigzag will make
the amount 16 the ridges 5 and the style
pond ripples close the folder and will
make the opacity 50% make a layer mask
next to the folder and invert the
foreground and background colors call up
your gradient tool and click on the
gradient box choose the foreground to
background thumbnail and click OK go to
the top of the flame and press shift as
you drag up to the bottom of the candle
and release since flames have their own
intensity let's reveal them in the
reflection make you fall ground color
white and call up your brush tool now
click down once over each flame this is
Marty from Blue Lightning TV thanks for
watching
you