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Difficulty: Advanced

CompletionTime: 1-2 hours

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Jayan Saputra on Apr 15th 2011 with 762 Comments

How to Create a FlamingPhoto Manipulation

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In this tutorial, well manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this

manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the

Brush tool and Warp command. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery.

Editors note:This tutorial was originally published on Psdtuts in January 2009.

Step 1

For this project, I used two nice images that suits for the manipulation; image1, image2. I would like to thank
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1093986http://www.sxc.hu/photo/959022


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the author of this two great pictures, which is thiquinho and huibidos from sxc.hu. And before we continue

with the steps, I need to inform you that this tutorial is written using Photoshop CS3.

Step 2

Lets start with image1, open and duplicate this image by using the Image > Duplicate command from the

menu bar. In the Duplicate Image dialog box, you can name it anything you like, but to follow this tutorial

reference, name it "PassionFire" and hit OK. By doing this, we kept the original image. Be sure to save.
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/959022http://www.sxc.hu/http://www.sxc.hu/profile/huibidoshttp://www.sxc.hu/profile/thiquinho


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Step 3

With the "PassionFire" image active, duplicate the "background" layer. Set the foreground and background

color to black and white by pressing D on the keyboard. Click the "background" layer again and fill it with the

foreground color ~ which is set to black. See the images below.


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Step 4

Reactivate "Layer 1," then press Command + Shift + U to apply desaturate command. Now invert the color

by pressing Command + I. Your image should look like a films negative now.


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Step 5

Duplicate "Layer 1," then apply the find edges filter from Filter > Stylized > Find Edges. Next, invert the color

by pressing Command + I and change the Blending Mode to Hard light. There, your image now has contrast

white line and a very dark background.


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Step 8

The fire image from "image2" should be in "Layer 2" now. Change its Blending Mode to screen, this will hide

all the black colors in "Layer 2." If done right, your image should be similar to the one below.


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Step 9

Duplicate "Layer 2" by pressing Command + J. Make sure you use the Screen Blending mode, same as the

original "Layer 2." Next, make "Layer 2" become invisible by hiding it from the layers panel.

Step 10

Click the "Layer 2 copy" to make it active, then use the Free Transform command ( Edit > Free Transform)

to rotate and resize the fire image like shown below. Dont forget to press Enter when youre done

transforming.


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Step 12

If you feel the result is not quite good enough, simply use the Liquify filter to fix it. I assume you already

know how to use the liquify filter; the Forward Warp tool and Twirl Clockwise tool is the only tool I used to get

this result (see image below).

Step 13

Duplicate the "Layer 2" copy, then use the Free Transform command to resize and rotate the fire image in

the current layer. Dont forget to reposition the fire image too. Once you get this composition (see imagebelow), hit Enter.


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Step 14Repeat the previous process to get the hair covered with fire. Just duplicate and modify the layer until you

get all the hair part covered. If needed, use the Liquify Filter again. The end result of this process should

look like the image below, notice how many layers are used.


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Step 15Okay, now activate "Layer 2" and make it visible again. Then Change the Blending Mode to Vivid Light. This

step will colorize only the white line in the layer below it.


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Step 16

Still in "Layer 2," apply the Free Transform command to resize and rotate the fire image like shown below.

The purpose is to cover up the girls body and hair with the fire texture. Press Enter when youre done

transforming.


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Step 17Were gonna blur the fire image in "Layer 2," To do so, apply the Gaussian Blur filter from the Filter > Blur >

Gaussian Blur menu. Fill the Radius around 10 to 15 pixels, then click OK when done. Blurring the fire

image will cause its texture to blend smoother with the layer below it.


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Step 18

Now add a layer mask to "Layer 2." Then use a soft round Brush tool with Opacity at 100%. Set the brush

size according to your need, then just mask until the fire outside becoming hidden. See the process below.


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Step 19

Sure we will remove the white line shown in the image (marked in red rectangle below). First, add a new

blank layer below "Layer 2." Then simply paint it with black using the soft round brush tool.


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Step 20

Now go to the top most layer (mine is: "Layer 2 copy 6"), add two adjustment layers which is Hue/Saturation

and Brightness/Contrast. Careful not to change the layer adjustment order, or the color effect will be wrong.

Below you can see the setting I used to complete this step, also pay attention to the adjustment layer order.

By adding a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, we unify all colors. The Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer

brings more color contrast and makes sure the image colors looks like real fire.


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Step 21

Im sure you notice the fire sparks effect. I create it using the Brush tool with this simple setting. No special

brush needed, but if you have one that will be useful then feel free to use it. Below you can see all the

settings I used within the Brush palette, of course you can change the setting as you like. Just make sure

the brush spatter enough and vary the size.

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