Fire Photoshop brushes are some of the most useful resources that you can use to extend your graphic software. As a designer, you will realize that designs that contain fire and flame elements are very common nowadays. From advertisement posters, to flyers, and other photo manipulated artworks, you will notice flames or some fiery light effects, to be involved from time to time. How fire, flame, or explosion effects in Photoshop are created from scratch on the other hand, requires some level of skill especially if the output is very realistic or at least a close copy of the real thing.
How to Use Fire Photoshop Brushes
To create realistic flames using Photoshop brushes, you can follow these simple steps (for beginners). Here I am using Photoshop CS4. I am using one of the flame brushes by SugarBreezy (brush #1471 to be specific). This brush belongs to a set which is the first that you will find in the showcase below.
Steps:
1. Create a document and fill it with black color. The fire would stand out more in dark colors, so you can use pure solid black, #000.
2. Create another layer and set the color to white in the color picker. For easy recall, pick pure white, #ffffff.
3. Click the brush tool and select the flame that you want to use. Drop it on the upper layer (Layer 1). It should look like this now.
4. On the upper left side of your Photoshop, click “Image”, then go to “Adjustments” then select “Hue/Saturation.”
5. Click “Colorize” and drag the Hue, Saturation and Lightness Bars. Here, I am using the value 50, for the Hue, 100 for the Saturation and –48 for the Lightness. Click OK.
6. On the lowest part of your Layer area, click “fx” and select “Outer Glow.”
7. Set the color of glow by clicking the color box.
8. On the color picker panel, drag the “Gradient Bar” to the lowest, and click the topmost red color. You can also make a shortcut by entering the hexadecimal color code #ff0000. Click OK.
9. On the Layer Style Panel, adjust Opacity as may be necessary by dragging the bar. In my case, I did not do it anymore. I just use the default 75%. Click OK.
10. By now, you should be finish, and if you get them all right, your work should look like this.
So, did you enjoy it? Did you feel that you can do wonders in Photoshop using brushes and some few steps? I’m sure you do.
For now, let us go and proceed collecting some awesome fire brushes in Photoshop. Check the showcase below and download some of the resources of your liking. When you do, please read the restrictions set forth by the authors and obey them religiously (they will love it). Anyway, if you find this work useful, don’t forget to share with us your thoughts. We will also appreciate if you will share this to your friends in the social media. Enjoy!
Flame and Fire Photoshop Brushes Showcase
Flame Brushes
13 LARGE Flame Brushes made in Photoshop CS2.
Source Brushes – by SugarBreezy
13 High-Res Fire Photoshop Brushes
This set includes 13 fire background Photoshop brushes that you can use for free.
Source Brushes – by Photoshopfreebrushes
17 Large Fire Photoshop Brushes Part 2
17 extra large fire background Photoshop brushes that you can use for free.
Source Brushes – by Photoshopfreebrushes
9 Fire brushes
9 high resolution fire brushes.
Source Brushes – by Resource42
Chrissy’s Fire Brushes
A nice set of Photoshop fire brushes in different shapes.
Source Brushes – by EmeraldTokyo
Xplosion brush set
7 explosion brushes in one pack.
Source Brushes – by maView
Fire Photoshop Brushes
23 fire brushes for your graphic projects.
Source Brushes – by SpyrotheDragon13571
Flames Fire Brushes
A set of 16 brushes made up of various flames, including bonfires, raging fires, and candlelight.
Source Brushes – by Redheadstock
Embers Pattern 1.0
A free to use flames patterns for Photoshop.
Source Brushes – by Sed-rah-Stock
Smokes and Flames
36 flames and smoke brushes in one pack.
Source Brushes – by Jellyka
Fire Abstracts
3 Abstract Brushes.
Source Brushes – by Bulwif
Embers Brush Set
A pack of 10 ember brushes for Photoshop.
Source Brushes – by Kaji-303
Fire Photoshop Brushes
10 Fire Brushes made from scratch in Photoshop.
Source Brushes – by PsdDude
Fire Photoshop Brushes
This pack contains 6 brushes of high resolution fire.
Source Brushes – by Elestrial
Fire Smoke Brush
A brushes for creating fire and smoke.
Source Brushes – by Wespenfresser
Photoshop Brush Fire
A set of Photoshop fire brushes with a size of 800×500.
Source Brushes – by GuyDub
Firestorm
Includes 40 fire, spark, sparkle and smoke/smog brushes.
Source Brushes – by Kavaeka
Fire Brushes
A set of fire brushes for Photoshop which are absolutely free.
Source Brushes – by PureStock
SMOKEY Fire Brushes
This HUGE pack contains 50 brushes compatible with PS 7 and up!
Source Brushes – by Env1ro
PS Fire brushes
A collection of awesome fire brushes.
Source Brushes – by 3alm
OMJ’s Fire Brushes
A nice collection of fire brushes for Photoshop.
Source Brushes – by OldManJames
Fire Brushes
A pack of 4 fire brushes for Photoshop.
Source Brushes – by Spirk-a-doodle
Fire Brushes
A high-quality collection of fire brushes.
Source Brushes – by Tazni
Abstract brushes
Abstract flames brushes for Photoshop 7.
Source Brushes – by YoGi-El-OsO
Abstract Fire Brushes
An awesome set of fire abstract Photoshop brushes.
Source Brushes – by Slayer0zZ
Fire Sense
A set of 11 Brushes for Photoshop CS.
Source Brushes – by JavierZhX
Explosive grunge brushes
A nice set of grungy flame/explosion brushes.
Source Brushes – by Bobjim
Flames Brushes
A new set of free brushes: 8 large brushes representing flames that you can use for all sorts of projects, both for print or web.
Source Brushes – by Web Designer Lab
Flame Photoshop Brushes
A brush set of flames and fires.
Source Brushes – by DeviantNep
Scorching Flames Brushpack
A set of 44 Brushes of fires and flames in 1 pack.
Source Brushes – by Luexo
Here is the direct link for my fire brushes http://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/fire-brushes.aspx