Adding on to a trick put out in NAPP's member magazine - Photoshop
User, here's a tutorial (about 12 minutes of video) that's kind of
advanced. Definitely not beginner material. KB shortcuts galore.
There's a printed version linked off the main page of the blog if the
vid moves too fast... Enjoy!
Creating fire style text can see complex but really it's quite simple.
In this tutorial you will be shown a fairly simple yet effective method
of creating that fire techique. From the tutorial you may develop your
own techique of creating a fire effect.
Explosions are always nice to watch, but it’s even better to blow up
stuff yourself. This is why I am going to teach you how to make your
own exploding text that you can show off to your friends.
OK so this tutorial is like three tutorials rolled into one. We're
going to make an awesome wood emboss effect, put bullet holes into the
wood and finally smoke 'em up to a gnarly Wyatt-Earp-just-walked-past
look.
Create an awesome 3D text effect with various photoshop filters
(Plastic wrap, Blur, Sharpen) and other tricks that will make you a
text effect master!