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Flame Chui

"Fear his Wrath"

Original at http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8764519

The approximate steps were:

* Background=your image (call it B)
* create new layer, select foreground=orange, background=white
* Then did a Filter->render cloud (call it L1)
* Set L1 to darken mode (I think)
* use a layer mask to reduce reds on the body where I did not want it
* create a new black layer above L1 (call it L2), create a lens flare,
use blending properties (blendif-gray) to create a very light circular flare around
the hands (look closely for a sphere around the hands)
* clone a flame picture in , add a yellow blob for the 'fire source'
* add a gradient mask to L1 to get some of your original picture wall in
* paint a tad bit of orange on your eyes


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Guest 14-Sep-2006 15:50
Is this really a fake image, or did you just happen to get a clear shot of a lithium battery shorting out in a palmtop! :-)
Vikas Malhotra13-Jan-2006 06:01
Fabulous... Love it and thanks for the explanation.

Cheers, Vikas
Guest 04-Jan-2005 06:51
super class, great work!
Dag Ivarsoy 12-Dec-2004 17:33
Avery nice comp
There is a darker edge around the flame, if you mask out the core and take the outside bit and created a
new layer and used mode add to blend that with the core. The hands gets to saturated, there should be a mask
for the hands to keep the natural skin color. You could fether the mask of the person a little bit so that the bgn
blended in across his edge. I like what you have done.
Regards Dag