Lesson72-Flaming Sword

This tutorial will show you how you can create amazingly beautiful flaming sword.

Before we begin, let's look at what we got in the end. This is done by using a very easy method.



Step 1: Create a new document and put our picture in the center. A picture can be downloaded from here.(http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=457779)



Step 2: The main color of the image is blue, but I do not like it, so I changed it Image> Adjustments> Levels to select the Blue Channel and set the parameters as shown.



Step 3: We make a brighter picture for this, go Image> Curves.



And we get:



Step 4: Press Ctrl-J and duplicate the layer, then go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur and set the radius of 5 pixels.



Step 5: We will turn this layer into a glowing light around the sword. We go to Filter> Stylize> Glowing Edges and set the following parameters:



And now our sword glows.



Step 6: Change the blending layer to Screen and our photo takes the following form:



Step 7: If we want to make a glow effect more impressive go Filter> Distort> Ocean Ripple and set the following parameters:



Remember, if you do not put the duplicated layer blending mode to Scree, then do not get this effect.



Step 8: In order to change the color of the light going to Image> Adjustments> Hue / Saturation. Use these settings to change the color to red smile.gif



Here's what happens



Step 9: Take a small soft brush (low hardness) and erase the light from the handle of the sword.



Step 10: Now we will add fire to our shining sword.



Paste it onto a new layer and set the blending mode to Screen and we will see that the black background will disappear.



Step 11: Using the Transform tool (Edit> Transform) and Move tool in order to make the fire along the blade of the sword.