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Text on Fire

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1. Create a new document, change its mode to grey-scale, and type your text in black. Merge the text layer with the background.

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2. Go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystallize and move the glider till the edge is coarse enough (different size and resolution of the image will require different cell size).

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3. Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur.

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4. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colors.

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5. Rotate canvas 90 degrees clockwise. We'll need it to use the next filter.

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6. Go to Filter > Stylize > Wind. Apply wind from the left. With the document of a big size use Wind several times.

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7. Go to Filter > Distort > Ripple and use it with average settings. Make the ripples to look more or less natural.

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8. Rotate canvas back to horizontal position

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9. Change image mode to Indexed color.

10. Go to Image > Mode > Color Table and choose Black Body.

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11. Your text is ready:

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About the Author:

 Tikhonovich

Nataly Tikhonovich, author of digital photo software reviews and Photoshop tutorials at www.myphotosoft.com