Digital Tutors - Playing With Fire Through Photo Manipulation

We'll begin this process by examining our original photo and walking through some specific steps to prepare it before blocking in any photographic elements or textures. Following this we'll examine an image of some flames and explore how we can weave various parts of these flames into our photo using free transform and layer masks in photoshop.

From there we'll also examine and adjust a texture that we plan to clone onto our photo to create the illusion of molten cracked skin. Finally, we'll finish by painting in some final details with our brush tool and make our image pop by adjusting it with an adjustment layer.

By utilizing the methods and techniques in this course, you'll be able to push your own photo manipulation projects involving fire to a whole new creative level while having a lot of fun.

Playing With Fire Through Photo Manipulation content:

1. Introduction and project overview

2. Examining and preparing our photo

3. Applying a base color to our female subject

4. Blocking in flames on the hair

5. Layering in additional flames

6. Blending flames using layer masks

7. Adding texture for lava like cracks on the skin

8. Adding flames to the body

9. Creating the illusion of radiating heat

10. Painting melting areas of necklace

11. Adding flying sparks

12. Painting floating sparks

13. Painting additional details onto the body

14. Painting additional details onto the flames

15. Final adjustments to our image