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In this advanced tutorial youll make a dramatic photomanipuation of a burning fist with photoshop fire effects.

Youll learn how to make burning effect in photoshop , including create cracked skin textures, particle effects,

scorched and burnt skin, glowing embers, smoke and flame effects.

This is an intermediate level tutorial, so a fair le vel ofcompetence in Photoshop is neces sary in order to

progress through it.

Step 1: Creating the background

For this tutorial we will be us ing an arm s tock photo that can be downloaded here:http://konzi.deviantart.com/art/Fist-06-304291216.

With the photo open in Photoshop , take the Quick Selection Tooland use it to drag a selection over the arm

and fist.

Go to Select > Refine Edge, and use the sl iders to tighten up the selection, as I have in the image bel ow.

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Right click on the Background layer, and choos e Layer From Background, then give the layer a new name, for

example arm.

You can now Invert the selection, and delete the background.

Were now going to resize the canvas so that its dimens ions are m ore suited to our project.

Go to Image > Canvas Size, and change the dimensions to 1500 x 2100.

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You can now repos ition the arm layer as I have below, so that the fist is jus t south of the centre of the canvas.

To add a sim ple gradient background, click on theAdjustm ent Layerbutton at the bottom of the layers panel,

and choose Gradient.

Use a dark grey (#1d1d1d) to light grey (#e6e6e6) gradient, and m ove the gradient layer below the arm layer.

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Next add a Curves adjustment layer above the arm l ayer.

Click on the black col our picker button and then click on the darkest area of the hand. Simila rly, click on the

white colour picker and then click on the lightest part of the hand.

Right click on the Curves layer and choose Create Clipping Maskto constrain the adjustmen ts to just the

pixels in the arm layer.

Step 2: Darkening the skin

We have already covered how to change skin colors in photoshop before so this is a recap. Add a Color

adjus tment layer with a clipping m ask. Then with the layers layer mas k thumbnail s elected go to Edit > Fill

and fill it with black to mas k out the layer.

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Set the Color Filllayers blending mode to Overlay, then take a large so ft white brush, and paint over the hand

area and part way down the wrist.

Now duplicate the layer and change the duplicates blending mode to Normal, and take the Opacitydown to

50%.

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And finally add a Hue/Saturationadjus tment layer with a clipping m ask, and take the saturation down to -60.

Fill the layer mask with black, and then take a large s oft white brush, and paint over the hand area. THis is

how to darken an image in photoshop.

Step 3: Adding the cracked effect in photoshop

To create a cracked texture across the hand well use a cracked paint texture that can be downloaded here:

http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=7604&PHPSESSID=qg4aqfadrm86hctpn5ki9na1j4

With the texture open in Photoshop, go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

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Next add a Curves adjustment layer and use the black colour picker to choose a da rk part on one of the

cracks, and the white colour picker to click on a lighter area between the cracks.

Now go to Select > Color Range and choose Shadows from the dropdown l ist, then click OK.

This will s elect all the dark areas of the image i.e. the cracks. Copy the se lection, and paste it into your

project.

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Change the cracked texture layers blending m ode to Overlay, then move it over the hand positioning it

however it looks bes t.

Duplicate the layer, call the top layer cracks, and the bottom layer cracks glow , and give them both clipping

masks and layer masks.

Step 4: Creating a glow effect in photoshop

Hide the cracks layer for now, and double click on the cracks glow layer to bring up the Layer Styles dialog

box.

Click on Color Overlay, and se t the colour to white.

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Click on Outer Glow, set the Blending Mode to Linear Dodge (Add), with the Opacityat 100%, the size at 2px,

and use red/orange (#ff5400) for the colour.

Next choose Inner Glowand se t the Blending Mode to Normal, the Opacityto 30%, the colour to yellow

(#ffe400), and set the Size to 1px.

Click OK.

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Step 5: Adding the smoke effect in photoshop

For the sm oke we will use a s tock photo that can be downloaded here:

http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=43649&PHPSESSID=qg4aqfadrm86hctpn5ki9na1j 4. For previous

sm oke effect photoshop tutorials, check out how to make smoke and sm oke fading effect.

With the smoke texture open in Photoshop , go to Image > Adjustments > Invert.

Next go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Go to Select > Select All, then copy and paste the sm oke into your project.

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Move the sm oke layer to the top of your layers panel, and change its blending m ode to Overlay.

Use the Move Toolto position the s moke over the top of the hand.

Step 6: Creating embers

Well add the embers in a new layer above the sm oke layer, called embe rs.

Take a very sm all soft black brush and paint a few dots over the area where the smoke is. Build up m ore dots

while varying the s ize of the brush.

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When youre done, double click on the embers layer to bring up the Layer Styles box.

Click on Color Overlay, and s et the colour to white. Next click on Outer Glowand se t the Blending Mode to

Linear Dodge (Add), the Opacityto 100%, the colour to o range (#ff4e00), and the Size to 10 px.

Click on Inner Glow, and set the blending m ode to Normal, the colour to yellow (#ffe400), and the Size to 1px.

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Align the flame over the top part of the fist usi ng the Move Tool.

Set the flame layers blend ing mode to Screen to hide the black background o f the texture.

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Finally add a layer mask, and use a large s oft black brush s et to 50% Opacity to blend out the bottom of the

flames.

The Final Outcome

Below is how the end product will look like. Hope you will learn how to com bine fire, crack and glow effect to

create a cool burning image in photoshop.

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