Post by bobbotheclown on May 11, 2009 22:54:57 GMT -5
hi, snotskie said it would be cool if I made a tutorial on how I made my avatar... i agree.
1.) before you start you must download these plugins. files.filefront.com/plugins+requiredzip/;13743755;/fileinfo.html
2.) now that you have the 2 plugins installed, open photoshop cs3 or cs4 (i have both, they're the same friggin thing.) and open File>new, make your image abouy 500x500.
3.) use the paint bucket to fill layer 1 with black.
4.) put in some text that is about 100 pt sized.
5.) rasterize the text.
6.) select all.
7.) copy and paste the text.
8.) rotate canvas 90 degrees clockwise.
9.)wind left to right.
10.) press CTRL+F 2 times.
11.) rotate canvas 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
12.) gaussian blur 2.0 pixels.
13). go to distort > liquify, and start making ur text look like fire.
14.) press CTRL+U, the check off "colorize" and change to any colour you want.
15.) your flaming text should be layer 3, make layer 3 invisible.
16.) once the flaming text is invisible, get the magic wand tool, and start selecting all the unedited text.
17.) once the unedited text is selected, us your gradient tool.
use whatever gradient you want.
18.) now that you've done that, move layer 2 to front. and make layer 3 visible again
19.) you're almost done. select layer 3.
20.) if you installed the plugins properly, at the very bottom of the filters list, you will see "flaming pear" make your mouse go over that and a menu will pop up.
21.) the only thing on the list will "flood" use that, configure it to the point where the water is right below the text, make the water brilliance "100", the waviness "100", the blur "17", and the complexity "0". click Ok, and the water is done.
22.) merge the layers.
23.) your all done.
thank you for reading.
1.) before you start you must download these plugins. files.filefront.com/plugins+requiredzip/;13743755;/fileinfo.html
2.) now that you have the 2 plugins installed, open photoshop cs3 or cs4 (i have both, they're the same friggin thing.) and open File>new, make your image abouy 500x500.
3.) use the paint bucket to fill layer 1 with black.
4.) put in some text that is about 100 pt sized.
5.) rasterize the text.
6.) select all.
7.) copy and paste the text.
8.) rotate canvas 90 degrees clockwise.
9.)wind left to right.
10.) press CTRL+F 2 times.
11.) rotate canvas 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
12.) gaussian blur 2.0 pixels.
13). go to distort > liquify, and start making ur text look like fire.
14.) press CTRL+U, the check off "colorize" and change to any colour you want.
15.) your flaming text should be layer 3, make layer 3 invisible.
16.) once the flaming text is invisible, get the magic wand tool, and start selecting all the unedited text.
17.) once the unedited text is selected, us your gradient tool.
use whatever gradient you want.
18.) now that you've done that, move layer 2 to front. and make layer 3 visible again
19.) you're almost done. select layer 3.
20.) if you installed the plugins properly, at the very bottom of the filters list, you will see "flaming pear" make your mouse go over that and a menu will pop up.
21.) the only thing on the list will "flood" use that, configure it to the point where the water is right below the text, make the water brilliance "100", the waviness "100", the blur "17", and the complexity "0". click Ok, and the water is done.
22.) merge the layers.
23.) your all done.
thank you for reading.
