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[h1]Quick, Easy Fire[/h1]
Really easy way to make a firey explosion type graphic, I just figured this out by accident when trying to make a Wallpaper the other day.  It's not the best fire, but it's quick and easy, and is really useful depending on the situation.

1 ) Make a new document , I used 500x500 as my dimensions.

2 ) Press D to reset your colors to Black/White if they aren't already.

3 ) Make a new layer, name it "Base Fire"

4 ) Filter > Render > Clouds on "Base Fire"

5 ) Filter > Brush Strokes, Accented Edges -- I used settings 2 / 38 / 4.

6 ) Duplicate "Base Fire" by pressing Ctrl + J and rename it "Top Fire", make sure it's the top layer

7 ) Colorize "Top Fire" by pressing Ctrl + U; Check the "Colorize" Box, and use settings 50 Hue and 60 Saturation.

8 ) Colorize "Base Fire" by pressing Ctrl + U; Check the "Colorize" Box, and use settings 30 Hue and 60 Saturation.

9 ) Change the Layer mode of "Top Fire" to "Color Burn"

All done, it should look like this:



Extra Step ) If you want your image to appear more "vibrant" and bright, which I like-- Flatten the layers by pressing "Ctrl + Shift + e" and then duplicate the resulting layer.  On the duplicate layer, use Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with settings 3.5.  Change the blurred layer mode to "Lighten" and change it's opacity to 75%. 

Example:



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Good tut, but I don't like the outcome, i think its kinda ugly....nice job though

ya i like the tut and i also like to mess around with the filters and crap from the final outcome. Like for flames use liquify and make the flames curl and their peek so its looks like their burning..kind of gives it a cool effect.

ya when u use liquify it makes it look more realistic for one and also if u animate your fire..the points and curves at the top make it look all the more cool and realistic.

Could look like a storm cloud with Hue 180, Saturation 20.