1)Create a blank image and fill the background with black. Press X on the keyboard(to flip colors)
and then select the Type Tool — type whatever you want.



2)Make a copy of this layer and hide it we will need this for later on in the tutorial.

3)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 black background.

4)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.



5)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.



6)Apply Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur with a value of 2, then Filter » Distort » Ripple with the default values.

7)Change the image to Grayscale by using Image » Mode » Grayscale and then to Image » Mode » Indexed
Color. next we need to give our image some color choose Image » Mode » Color Table. Since we're shooting
for a fire effect choose the Black Body table.



8)Well our text complete but all that heat does make it a tiny bit difficult to read. use the copy of your original
text layer back in Step 1 drag it to the top position in your Layer Palette and there you have it



Any problems please ask hope you like it!

That rocks!

really nice tut and effect man. kudos

used already, thanks, very thorough walkthrough, only stumbled a bit nearer the end changing the modes because the colour table requires layer merging (so the duplicate before is useless unless you remember to drop it back on the top (or alternatively readd the text and center it.

thanx bro

i combined firetext tutorial 1 with firetext tutorial 2 and got this sig (TEMP SIG) will do another when can be assed

Good job bruv hope you like the two of many text tutorials to come

good stuff, even i can follow it (sort of... )

this is an awsome tutorial... iv seen it before and liked it a lot.

nice but what font did u use?

Edit:

ok this is what I got:

ok never mind u used Copper STD font..

thanx very nice tut.

Very nice tutorial. Easy to follow steps and a great outcome. Thanks for posting this.

Great tutorial, had the same problem though at the end with the mode, had to re add the text layer as I couldn't create a new layer in the index mode, had to change to RGB, thanks again needed this for a poster I was doing a few weeks ago, but sure I have it now. Sorry here's how it turned out.

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really nice tut

Nice guide :D

Thx

nice tut bro

thanks for this

Thanks for the TUT

Thanks for this, I Appreciated it!