How to create realistic fire in Adobe Photoshop .

in this lesson i'm going to show you how to create realistic fire in Adobe Photoshop , it's an easy trick just follow these steps.
1) open photoshop and create a 400*400 pixels document with a white background.
2)select the paint bucket tool from the toolbox, change the foreground color to black , fill the whole page with black so that the fire can be more visible and clear.
3) now select the smudge tool from the toolbox, make sure to check the box next to fingerpainting up in the options bar.

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4) set the strength level of the smudge tool to 62, and change the brush to spatter 59 pixels available in photoshop, you can resize it to any size you want

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5)create a new layer above the background layer.
6) change the foreground color to red and paint using the smudge , move the mouse in a way to create sharp ends to the shape like real flames.

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7) now change the foreground color to yellow , decrease the size of the brush just a little bit and paint inside the red flames so that it will give you the right effect of real fire , make sure that the red part is not completely covered , make the red part of the flames like a border for the yellow part
8) you can use the dodge tool if you want to make the yellow part of the image brighter.
9) you can also add a red outer glow with a low opacity level to give it a more realistic look.

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