20 Blazing Hot Photoshop Fire Tutorials

Fire is an awesome element to use in a design, but it can be pretty tricky to create. That's why I created this list of the 20 best Photoshop fire tutorials for you. Have fun learning these techniques, but don't burn yourself! :)

Create a Space Explosion From Scratch in Photoshop

"If you've ever wanted to create a space explosion in Photoshop, then we have the tutorial for you. With the techniques learned in this tutorial, you can create explosions as seen in a Sci-Fi television series. Let's learn how to make this effect from scratch."

Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop

"Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I'll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We'll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image."

Fire Lines

"This tutorial will teach you how to create creative and stylish fire lines in 10 easy steps!"

Learn How to Create a Fiery Demon Montage

"In this tutorial, we'll be creating a photo montage of a demon destroying a city using only stock photos and of course Photoshop. What are we waiting for? Lets get started!"

How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation

"In this tutorial, we'll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery."

Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text

"Take typography one step further by having text falling from the sky in a burning inferno. Yes, this is the text-on-fire tutorial to end all tutorials. It uses a little Illustrator for the text and a lot of Photoshop to burn up the screen!"

Create an amazing Ad in Photoshop

"This tutorial is just an exercise I did with my friend Cameron trying to create a Nike ad, it's not commercial, it's just because we love some of their ads and we'd love to be able to design one, maybe someday. So in this tutorial we will use some images and play with Blend Modes and Color Adjustments to create a really cool Nike Ad in Photoshop."

Manipulating a WW2 Fighter Aircraft

"In this tutorial we will be learning some indispensable techniques to use for any type of photo-manipulation. We will be doing this by taking a photograph of a model plane and editing it to to look like a photograph of a WW2 spitfire which has just been shot down and is on fire."

Creating fireballs and explosions

"Fabio Sasso uses custom brushes and layers to create an explosive scene in Photoshop. "

True Flames

"In this tutorial, I will show users how to create what i would like to call - True Flames."

Adding Flames and Effects to Make an Image with Impact

"Instead of riding snow, this boarder is flying through flames. In this tutorial, we'll create fire and smoke without using any photos. You'll learn how to combine both to create a flaming, dynamic image that jumps right at you. "

Hell of Tutorial in Photoshop

"A few days ago I took sometime to try some tutorials I read such as the really cool Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop by Collis from PSDTUTS, and put some 3D typography ideas into practice. My idea was to create a 3D text with fire coming from the inside of the document like a hole."

Making of Fire Dragon

"Tips about how I made the Fire Dragon wallpaper."

Water Spirit - drawing fire

"This tutorial will show You how to place a fire on someone's hands."

Ring of Fire - Photoshop Tutorials

"Create a ring of fire in Photoshop."

Light Your House On Fire

"Set a house on fire in this Photoshop tutorial."

Exploding Planet 2

"Here is another tutorial that shows you how to create an exploding planet, a different approach to the previous tutorial."

Playing With Fire

"Over the years I have seen a number of Photoshop fire effects. Unfortunately, they were not very flexible or realistic, so I decided to develop my own. The technique I came up with was more realistic than I had hoped for. It can be used to start a fire on almost any image. "

3D Text On Fire

"Create 3D text in Illustrator and then give it an old look and set it on fire"

Dark Book Of Photoshop

"This tutorial on deviantART teaches you, among other really cool effects, how to create fire."