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For all you
pyro-maniacs, this tutorial shows a technique on
creating a blazing inferno of burning text.
1.Create a blank image
and fill the background with black. Press X on
the keyboard (to flip colors) and then select theType Tool -- type whatever you want, press OK.
There is an extra step to do if you are using version
5 of Adobe Photoshop (users of earlier versions don't
need to worry about this step). The problem is due to
Photoshop 5's new "Dynamic Text Layers" inability to be
directly edited on. So, all you have to do is CTRL+Click on the text layer after making it to
get the text's selection (you may delete the dynamic
text layer afterward), and fill the selection on a new
layer with white.
To center the text on your image, press CTRL+A-> CTRL+X-> CTRL+V and then press CTRL+E to merge the text layer into the
background layer.
2.Next, use Filter-> Stylize-> Wind with the settings
"Wind" and "from the left". Press CTRL+F to apply
the same filter over again a second time. Now use
another Filter-> Stylize-> Wind, but this
time with the settings "Wind" and "from the right".
Press CTRL+F to re-apply, just like before.
3.The next step is to
repeat the same process we applied to the sides, but
this time to the top and bottom. Since there isn't a
"top or bottom" option in the wind dialog box, we will
turn the image itself around. Use Image-> Rotate
Canvas-> 90 CCW. Apply the wind just like before,
two on the left and two on the right. When you have
completed this task, use Image-> Rotate
Canvas>90 CW in order to straighten your work up.
4.Apply Filter->
Blur-> Gaussian Blur with a value of 2, then Filter-> Distort-> Ripple with the default
values.
5.Convert the image to
Grayscale by using Image-> Mode-> Grayscale
and then to Image-> Mode-> Indexed Color.
The next step is to give our image some color, so choose Image-> Mode-> Color Table. Since we're
shooting for a "fire effect" choose the Black
Body table.
6.Last Step: make our
text a bit more legible. Choose the Text Tool
& press D on your keyboard. Use/type the same words
you used earlier (use the same font size and type) click OK, position the text in the middle and say
"Wow!".
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