A tutorial on creating fantasy flame words in Photoshop

This tutorial is a bit similar to the painted flame word effect of font making. But the author has many improvements. such as: color with a color gradient, painted flame can be arbitrarily divergent, it is best to add a stroke effect and decoration. The whole looks very beautiful, fantastic.
Final effect

1, the new size of a custom black canvas, with white to play your favorite text. 2, copy the layer, the following first hidden, and then grid the font layer.

3, the implementation: Filter > Mode > Gaussian blur, the value is 4. 4, select the Smudge tool, the strength is set to 40%, and then along the edge of the word began to smear, the effect of the following figure.

5, add layer style to the text, choose the outer glow: color selection Magenta, opacity set to 58%, size: 40. 6. Display the text layer just hidden, then load the text selection, create a new layer right click on the stroke: Pixel 1, white. Then remove the old font layer, the effect of the following figure. 7, copy a few strokes of the layer, press CTRL + T a slight rotation, and then merge the stroke layer, with the smudge tool to wipe the beginning and end of a sudden, to retain the middle of a little white line, the effect of the following figure.

8, create a new layer, select the Gradient tool, after the color set: purple in the middle, dark blue on both sides, and then from top to bottom pull linear gradient. Then change the layer blending mode to "soft light". 9, a new layer, blending mode to "overlay", respectively, with bright blue, bright yellow, pink, bright green, such as soft angle brush smear. Attention to control transparency, as far as possible to maintain color permeability effect. Do not limit the color, you can try other colors, paint your favorite effect on it.

10. Create a new layer, set the foreground color to white, select the Brush tool, adjust the 33rd number blur brush, open the Brush palette, double brush, the following figure, and then gently draw a few below the flame. 11, copy the Flame diagram effect that layer (that is, with the smudge tool wiped the one), press CTRL + T to turn him, adjust the transparency, with an eraser rub the bottom edge, to make a reflection effect.

Finally signed the text to complete the final effect: