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Setting Your Type on Fire
You don’t have to sing as well as the Doors to set your type on fire. This method is really quite simple and easy. All you use are filters and the Outer Glow layer style, so just follow the steps and you won’t get burned!Here’s how to heat things up:
Choose File>New or press Ctrl+N/z +N to create a new document.Make it rather large, say 3 inches high by 5 inches wide, and set it in RGB color mode with a white background.
Select black as the Foreground color.A quick way to do this is to press D.
Use the Horizontal Type tool to create some black type.For this example, I used the John Handy LET font set at 150 points to create the Fire! type shown in Figure 47-1.
Figure 47-1: Use the Horizontal Type tool to create some type.
Right-click/Control+click the type layer in the Layers palette and choose Rasterize Type from the menu.
Rename the rasterized type layer if you want.For this example, I named the layer Fire. That’s how I refer to the layer for the rest of the steps.
Choose Filter>Artistic>Neon Glow.
In the Filter Gallery, set the settings for the glow, as shown in Figure 47-2.
Figure 47-2: Use the sliders and color square to set the Neon Glow filter.
Move the Glow Size slider to -7.
Set the Glow Brightness to 50.
Click the Glow Color square and use the Color Picker to select bright red.
You may need to fiddle with the Glow Size setting to size the glow for the type you’re using.
Click OK to close the Filter Gallery and apply the filter to the Fire layer.Your text should look something like the one shown in Figure 47-3.
Figure 47-3: The type is starting to glow like smoldering embers.
Choose Filter>Brush Strokes>Sprayed Strokes.
In the Filter Gallery, set the Stroke Length to 12, the Spray Radius to 7, and use the Stroke Direction drop-down list to select Right Diagonal.
Click OK to close the Filter Gallery and apply the Sprayed Strokes filter.The text now appears to waver like flames, as shown in Figure 47-4.
Figure 47-4: The Sprayed Strokes filter makes the text appear to move like flames.
Click the Add Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Outer Glow from the menu.
In the Outer Glow Structure area of the Layer Style dialog box, set the options for the Outer Glow. (See Figure 47-5.)
Figure 47-5: Set the Outer Glow to bright red.
Use the Blend Mode drop-down list to select Normal.
Set the Opacity to 90%.
Click the color square and use the Color Picker to select bright red.
In the Elements area, set the Spread to 11% and the Size to 49 pixels.
Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box and apply the Outer Glow.After adding a black background, the text really looks like it’s on fire. (See Figure 47-6.)
Figure 47-6: The Outer Glow makes the text look like it’s on fire.
