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Photoshop no plug-in
flames tutorial
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Click, Ctrl+N make an image
200x150 pixels,
use the paint bucket tool and fill with the
background color of your choice. In the layers
pallet, make a new layer, then using the marquee
tool make a rectangular shape near the bottom.
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Select the linear gradient
tool, click the options
pallet and set to foreground to background. Fill
your rectangle with orange and red by clicking
inside the top of the rectangle and dragging
toward the bottom and releasing. Click Crtl+D
to deselect.  fore/background
color  linear gradient
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Select the smudge tool,
and start with a 19
pixel round brush, click inside the red area of
the colored rectangle and drag your mouse
upward, moving your brush from side to side
slightly as you drag.  smudge tool
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Add a few yellow areas with
the airbrush
tool and a small brush, near top ends of
your flames.
 air brush
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Go back to the smudge tool,
reduce the round
brush size to 5 pixels, to blend the tops of the
flames. You may also want to drag downward
to blend color. Use short random strokes. smudge tool |
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Select the burn tool, under
burn options choose
highlights and set exposure to 9, using a large
burred brush you can add some shaded areas.
Pause briefly in between your strokes to
examine your progress.
 burn tool
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There you go! Flames with
no plug-ins!
I copied the layer twice, flipped both new
layers horizontally, moved them down and
to each side. Added some text with a drop
shadow. Then I sharpened the final image. |
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