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What you'll be creating
In this tutorial, you will create a fiery text effect. You will start with making really hot shape of desired text, then You will add some stock images and You will create a burning text effect. You will need Adobe Photoshop CS5 or newer.
Tutorial Resources
- Image 1, Image 10, Image 12 in medium sizes - cgtextures
- Texture grunge vignette - Pixabay
- TrajanPro - font - fontplace.com
Step 1
Create new file, 1280x1024 size. Choose File > New (Ctrl + N).
Tutorial Resources
- Image 1, Image 10, Image 12 in medium sizes - cgtextures
- Texture grunge vignette - Pixabay
- TrajanPro - font - fontplace.com
Step 1
Create new file, 1280x1024 size. Choose File > New (Ctrl + N).Step 2
Place "texture-318913" stock to your file. Choose File > Place, select "texture-318913", and transform it, then click Place.
Step 3
Create new adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast) or use shortcut. Set Brightness to -125 and Contrast to -11. Click this layer with right mouse button and choose "Create Clipping Mask".
Step 4
Create a new adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels or use shortcut). Set middle level to 0,52. Click this layer with the right mouse button and choose "Create Clipping Mask".
Step 5
Create a new adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance or use shortcut). Set Shadows: Cyan-Red +13 Magenta-Green -3 Yellow-Blue -13 Midtones: Cyan-Red +34 Magenta-Green 0 Yellow-Blue -36 Highlights: Cyan-Red +20 Magenta-Green 0 Yellow-Blue -37. Click this layer with the right mouse button and choose "Create Clipping Mask".
Step 6
Click white canvas next to this layer (layer mask). Choose Gradient Tool (G) and pick radial gradient. Use a black and white gradient in the layer mask:
Step 7
Duplicate "Color balance" layer. Drag it and drop to the Create a New Layer button or go to Layer > Duplicate layer. Decrease its opacity to 50%.
Step 8
Use the Type tool and type your text. Use Trajan Pro 3 Bold font, 238,5 px. Use #ff6c24 color. Duplicate this text layer (Layer > Duplicate layer), then disable it.
Step 9
Click created text with the right mouse button. Choose "Blending Options...". Choose "Inner glow". Set blending mode to Screen, use #ffa024 color. Set elements size to 10px.
Step 10
Choose "Outer glow" and set its opacity to 36%. Change color of glow to #ff6c24. Set Elements size to 9px.
Step 11
Choose the text layer. In layer box set the fill to 0%.
Step 12
Below text layer, add new adjustment layer with solid color (Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid color), set #000 color.
Step 13
Select the "Text" layer and "Solid Color" layer (Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) them). Then click one of the selected layers with the right mouse button and choose "Convert to Smart Object".
Step 14
Now choose Filter > Filter gallery... >. Choose Distort > Glass. Set Distortion to 6, Smoothness to 8. Use "Frosted" texture.
Step 15
Change the blending mode to Screen.
Step 16
Duplicate this layer (Layer > Duplicate layer).
15 comments on “Create a Simple Fiery Text Effect in Photoshop”
Twist
For the enthusiast's graphics designer, you share the very sophisticated tutorial. Every graphics design needs to know how to create simple text effect with Photoshop. I think your tutorial will help to improve skills as a professional artist. I believe that it would be very helpful, at least for me!
Now choose Filter > Filter gallery… >. Choose Distort > Glass. Set Distortion to 6, Smoothness to 8. Use “Frosted” texture.
Very cool text effect. thank you for sharing!
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for sharing this!
kudos
This tutorial could not have come at a better time. This type of effect is perfect for my latest blog!
I must be doing it wrong because every time I get to the create smart object part I can't do it. Bummer.
thanks your post
Thank you. Your documents very good, too. Hope you'll have more for us
wow thank you ! this is really nifty..
Amateur stuff.
That's the point. A lot of us /are/ amateurs. We have to start somewhere
Kevin Rice, I'm sure you already know how to do this.
Hermoso