Photoshop makes a nice little flame.

The flame is made the fastest with the Smudge tool, but not very well controlled. Here is mainly the use of pen tools to complete, the idea is very simple, with a pen to hook the flame path, into the selection, feather fill the corresponding color can be.

Final effect

1, a new 800 * 800 pixels, resolution of 72 of the canvas, background filled with dark blue: #221631.

First to render the background color of the flames. Create a new group, create a new layer in the group, and use the Lasso tool to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 90 pixels and fill it with dark red: #A33502, remove the selection after the following figure.

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2, create a new layer, select the Pen tool, set the parameters in the property bar, the following figure.

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3, now to draw the flame, the flame from the bottom gradually highlight, mainly with the pen tool to complete. First use a pen to check out the closed path shown in the following figure.

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4. Press CTRL + ENTER to convert the path to a selection, then feather 10 pixels.

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5, with the paint bucket tool fill orange red: #F46404, and then cancel the selection, the following figure.

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6, add layer mask, with the lower transparency of the soft side of the black brush to the bottom of the transition to apply nature.

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7, hold down CTRL + the left mouse button click on the layer mask thumbnail load layer selection, as shown below.

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8, select the menu: select > Modify > Shrink, the value is 10, and then determine.

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9, keep the selection, in the layer State CTRL + J to copy the selection section of the color block to the new layer, as shown below.

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10, change the blending mode to "filter Color", the opacity to: 50%, add layer mask, with a lower transparency of the black brush to the bottom of the transition to apply nature.

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11, create a new layer, and then use the Pen tool to check out the closed path shown in the following figure.

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12, press CTRL + ENTER into the selection, feather 10 pixels after the fill dark red: #CF590D, do not cancel the selection after the determination.

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13, select menu: select > Modify > Shrink, the value is 13 (can be set according to the size of the selection of flexible), and then determine.

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14, keep the selection, press CTRL + J to copy the selection color block to the new layer, the opacity to: 50%, add layer mask, with a lower transparency of the black brush to the bottom of the transition to apply the natural, the effect of the following figure.

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15, press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, with the move tool to the left a slightly moving distance, the following figure.

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16, create a new layer, with a pen to check the middle part of the high light path.

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17. Press CTRL + ENTER to change the path to a selection, feather 35 pixels and fill orange yellow: #FDCA19, remove the selection after the following figure.

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18, add layer mask, with a lower transparency of the black brush to the bottom of the transition to apply nature.

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19. Use pen to check out the closed path as shown in the following figure.

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