First u make a new 640x480 image with black background name it Fire. Type Fire in the middle of the layer with white text ( better with big letters) . go to image menu > Rotate canvas > 90cw
layer menu > rasterrize > type . go togo to filter menu > stylize > wind choose wind from right. layers menu > duplicate layer and name it 2.
Duplicate 2 and call it 3. select 3 go to filter> blur> Radiant blur set the settings at : amount 50, zoom, Best. apply filter 2 to times (ctrl + f) place layer 3 under layer 2 in the layers palette. select layer 2 > filter > stylize wind from left 2 times. Now u have to merge 2 to 3 and it should now be called 3. so fare so good :D u layer palette should now be like this : 3 on top, fire in the middle and background at the bottom.
Place fire on top of layer 3 in the palette, load a selection on fire (ctrl + click on fire) go to select menu> modify> contract by 1 px then fill the selection with black(press x and the black color should be background color then ctrl + backspace) press ctrl + d to deselect. merge fire down on 3 (ctrl+ e) go to image menu> Rotate canvas 90ccw, then filter>distort>Ripple use settings amount: 100%, size medium. it should look like this below now
Now we gonna' put some really nice colors on
Go to image menu>mode>grayscale yes to flatten the image again image menu>mode but now u select indexed colors, again image>mode and this time select color table, in the color table dropdown menu u select black body, press ok and u all done .. thinks that's cool? me to..













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