Text effects can be just what a graphic flyer, website hero, or branding
project need. In this course, Dan White will show you how to create a layered 3D
isometric text design in Adobe Illustrator.
There are a number of
different steps needed to create this particular effect, but by the end
of the course you’ll be able to take any font, with any word, and create
a similar effect yourself!
Watch the Introduction
Take the Course
You can take our new course straight away with a subscription to Envato Elements. For a single low monthly fee, you get access not only to this course, but also to our growing library of over 1,250 video courses and industry-leading eBooks on Envato Tuts+.
Plus you can download unlimited items from the huge Envato Elements library of more than 1.3 million creative assets. Create with unique fonts, photos, graphics and templates, and deliver better projects faster.
Text effects can be just what a graphic flyer, website hero, or branding
project need. In this course, Dan White will show you how to create a layered 3D
isometric text design in Adobe Illustrator.
There are a number of
different steps needed to create this particular effect, but by the end
of the course you’ll be able to take any font, with any word, and create
a similar effect yourself!
Watch the Introduction
Take the Course
You can take our new course straight away with a subscription to Envato Elements. For a single low monthly fee, you get access not only to this course, but also to our growing library of over 1,250 video courses and industry-leading eBooks on Envato Tuts+.
Plus you can download unlimited items from the huge Envato Elements library of more than 1.3 million creative assets. Create with unique fonts, photos, graphics and templates, and deliver better projects faster.
Mockups are a very effective way of showing a design in its intended form without actually investing any time and money in its production. You don’t have to print your design on a T-shirt to see how it looks—you just need a mockup.
But how do you create mockups? For years, designers have been using Photoshop for this task, but it’s not necessary anymore. In this short tutorial, I will show you how to make a mockup without Photoshop, in a few simple steps. I’ll use a T-shirt mockup and an iPhone mockup as examples.
When it’s uploaded, you’ll be asked to crop it. In my case, it looks fine as it is, but you can easily change its size with the slider. When you’re ready, click Crop.
Step 4
The site will now apply your design to all the templates automatically and magically. The image you have uploaded will be adjusted to each T-shirt in terms of the position, shape, lighting, and even colors.
Now simply scroll through a whole library of mockups presenting your design. If you find one that looks particularly nice to you, just click it to see it better.
Step 5
Here, you can still edit the design as you wish. You can change the color of the T-shirt to see if the design works for other colors, and you can still crop the image differently if you need by clicking this icon. I decided that my image would look better if it was placed slightly higher, so I changed it.
Step 6
If you’re happy with how it looks, and you want to show it to the client without the watermark, just scroll up and click the Download button. Here you can purchase the image or download it as a part of your unlimited subscription.
8 Awesome Free & Paid Templates to Get You Started
Now that you understand how to use a T-shirt mockup template, here are eight terrific apparel templates you can start practicing on to get you started creating your own mockups.
Maybe you want to show off a fashion brand or a travel logo. Either way, this free T-shirt mockup template is another great way to incorporate a real-life context with a neatly folded T-shirt lying on a bed next to other items. The perfect flat-lay to show your designs to their best advantage.
Looking for just the right couple to show off your hoodie design. This mockup of a cool young couple can be used for a myriad of purposes, including edgy hairdressing salon, tattoo parlour, laidback clothing line, and more.
This tote bag mockup is perfect for the minimalists out there. The design features a tote hanging on a nail against a duo-tone wall. The cotton bag mockup allows you to change the colour of the bag as well as both colours of the background.
Featuring a young woman standing behind a counter, this free T-shirt mockup template uses a real-life context to bring your designs to life and help people visualize themselves wearing your T-shirts.
Cool sweatshirt template of a couple, one of whom is wearing a sweatshirt and facing the camera directly, which allows your design to be seen clearly. Another great feature of this mockup is that you can change the background to whatever colour you want.
If you need a stylish jersey design mockup for volleyball, this is a great template to consider. The image in the template is shot against a black background, and you customise everything from the colour of the shorts to each colour in the ball.
Video is everywhere these days, and we would be remiss if we didn’t include a video mockup. This one is a nine-second clip featuring a young woman standing against a brick wall. The camera pans slowly from left to right as the woman smiles at the camera.
This simple, free T-shirt mockup template with its neutral background would be a great way to show off products or services targeting a male audience. Just upload your image, select the desired T-shirt colour, and you’re done.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for sweatshirts, hats, tote bags, etc., check out these handy roundups of the best apparel mockups:
Click Upload Screenshot and select the image that you want to see on the screen of an iPhone.
Step 3
Give it a few seconds to upload, and then crop the image if necessary. When you’re done, click Crop and see how the image is applied to all the templates in real time. All of this will happen automatically, and you just have to wait and let the magic happen.
Step 4
Scroll through all the mockups to see if you like one of them more than the others. When you find it, click it to open a bigger version.
Step 5
Here, again, you can edit the picture, but if you like how it looks, just scroll up and click the Download button to buy the mockup.
Now that you know how to create your own iPhone mockups, here’s a free iPhone mockup you can use to advertise your new app. Shot from above and displayed against a beautiful multicoloured surface, this is the perfect mockup to keep all eyes on your design.
A terrific paperback book mockup, this template features a rather stylish young woman, reading a paperback on the steps of a building. This very realistic book cover mockup allows you to upload images for the front, spine, and back cover of your book.
You’ve just opened up a pizzeria, and you need a low-cost way of advertising your new venture. Showcasing some of the wonderful freshness of ingredients that go into the making of a pizza, this realistic pizza box packaging mockup is the perfect template for you.
An over-the-shoulder image of a woman using her iPad in an outdoor cafe, this mockup gives the viewer a big, bright, clear view of the screen, with enough blur in the background to keep their attention focused.
Keep your viewer’s eyes riveted to your design when you use this terrific free coffee mug mockup, which sits in the foreground of the photo and stands out quite clearly against a softly blurred background of a kitchen countertop.
There’s a reason flat-lays are so popular nowadays. They’re a perfect way to display the objects on any surface. What’s great about this particular flat-lay is that it’s a perfect phone and computer mockup for showing off how a webpage would look on a computer screen and on a mobile device. A great laptop phone mockup combo for web designers, writers, or entrepreneurs.
What could be better than being able to display your product design labels in a number of styles and dimensions? This gift bag packaging mockup allows you to do just that, with gift bags that range from small to medium to very large.
Create a colourful and dynamic background to display your magazine spread mockup against with this multicolour print magazine mockup. First, upload your magazine pages, and then use the colour picker to experiment with colours that would best complement and show off your spread to the best advantage.
Why not show off your gorgeous poster design with this awesome poster mockup. The template features a young woman holding a giant poster in front of her and is shot against a beautiful blue background. The free mockup template would be suitable for a wide range of posters, from artistic designs to advertising posters.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for iPads, laptops, books, magazines, mugs and a whole host of templates, check out these handy roundups of the best mockups at Placeit:
Mockups are a very effective way of showing a design in its intended form without actually investing any time and money in its production. You don’t have to print your design on a T-shirt to see how it looks—you just need a mockup.
But how do you create mockups? For years, designers have been using Photoshop for this task, but it’s not necessary anymore. In this short tutorial, I will show you how to make a mockup without Photoshop, in a few simple steps. I’ll use a T-shirt mockup and an iPhone mockup as examples.
When it’s uploaded, you’ll be asked to crop it. In my case, it looks fine as it is, but you can easily change its size with the slider. When you’re ready, click Crop.
Step 4
The site will now apply your design to all the templates automatically and magically. The image you have uploaded will be adjusted to each T-shirt in terms of the position, shape, lighting, and even colors.
Now simply scroll through a whole library of mockups presenting your design. If you find one that looks particularly nice to you, just click it to see it better.
Step 5
Here, you can still edit the design as you wish. You can change the color of the T-shirt to see if the design works for other colors, and you can still crop the image differently if you need by clicking this icon. I decided that my image would look better if it was placed slightly higher, so I changed it.
Step 6
If you’re happy with how it looks, and you want to show it to the client without the watermark, just scroll up and click the Download button. Here you can purchase the image or download it as a part of your unlimited subscription.
8 Awesome Free & Paid Templates to Get You Started
Now that you understand how to use a T-shirt mockup template, here are eight terrific apparel templates you can start practicing on to get you started creating your own mockups.
Maybe you want to show off a fashion brand or a travel logo. Either way, this free T-shirt mockup template is another great way to incorporate a real-life context with a neatly folded T-shirt lying on a bed next to other items. The perfect flat-lay to show your designs to their best advantage.
Looking for just the right couple to show off your hoodie design. This mockup of a cool young couple can be used for a myriad of purposes, including edgy hairdressing salon, tattoo parlour, laidback clothing line, and more.
This tote bag mockup is perfect for the minimalists out there. The design features a tote hanging on a nail against a duo-tone wall. The cotton bag mockup allows you to change the colour of the bag as well as both colours of the background.
Featuring a young woman standing behind a counter, this free T-shirt mockup template uses a real-life context to bring your designs to life and help people visualize themselves wearing your T-shirts.
Cool sweatshirt template of a couple, one of whom is wearing a sweatshirt and facing the camera directly, which allows your design to be seen clearly. Another great feature of this mockup is that you can change the background to whatever colour you want.
If you need a stylish jersey design mockup for volleyball, this is a great template to consider. The image in the template is shot against a black background, and you customise everything from the colour of the shorts to each colour in the ball.
Video is everywhere these days, and we would be remiss if we didn’t include a video mockup. This one is a nine-second clip featuring a young woman standing against a brick wall. The camera pans slowly from left to right as the woman smiles at the camera.
This simple, free T-shirt mockup template with its neutral background would be a great way to show off products or services targeting a male audience. Just upload your image, select the desired T-shirt colour, and you’re done.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for sweatshirts, hats, tote bags, etc., check out these handy roundups of the best apparel mockups:
Click Upload Screenshot and select the image that you want to see on the screen of an iPhone.
Step 3
Give it a few seconds to upload, and then crop the image if necessary. When you’re done, click Crop and see how the image is applied to all the templates in real time. All of this will happen automatically, and you just have to wait and let the magic happen.
Step 4
Scroll through all the mockups to see if you like one of them more than the others. When you find it, click it to open a bigger version.
Step 5
Here, again, you can edit the picture, but if you like how it looks, just scroll up and click the Download button to buy the mockup.
Now that you know how to create your own iPhone mockups, here’s a free iPhone mockup you can use to advertise your new app. Shot from above and displayed against a beautiful multicoloured surface, this is the perfect mockup to keep all eyes on your design.
A terrific paperback book mockup, this template features a rather stylish young woman, reading a paperback on the steps of a building. This very realistic book cover mockup allows you to upload images for the front, spine, and back cover of your book.
You’ve just opened up a pizzeria, and you need a low-cost way of advertising your new venture. Showcasing some of the wonderful freshness of ingredients that go into the making of a pizza, this realistic pizza box packaging mockup is the perfect template for you.
An over-the-shoulder image of a woman using her iPad in an outdoor cafe, this mockup gives the viewer a big, bright, clear view of the screen, with enough blur in the background to keep their attention focused.
Keep your viewer’s eyes riveted to your design when you use this terrific free coffee mug mockup, which sits in the foreground of the photo and stands out quite clearly against a softly blurred background of a kitchen countertop.
There’s a reason flat-lays are so popular nowadays. They’re a perfect way to display the objects on any surface. What’s great about this particular flat-lay is that it’s a perfect phone and computer mockup for showing off how a webpage would look on a computer screen and on a mobile device. A great laptop phone mockup combo for web designers, writers, or entrepreneurs.
What could be better than being able to display your product design labels in a number of styles and dimensions? This gift bag packaging mockup allows you to do just that, with gift bags that range from small to medium to very large.
Create a colourful and dynamic background to display your magazine spread mockup against with this multicolour print magazine mockup. First, upload your magazine pages, and then use the colour picker to experiment with colours that would best complement and show off your spread to the best advantage.
Why not show off your gorgeous poster design with this awesome poster mockup. The template features a young woman holding a giant poster in front of her and is shot against a beautiful blue background. The free mockup template would be suitable for a wide range of posters, from artistic designs to advertising posters.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for iPads, laptops, books, magazines, mugs and a whole host of templates, check out these handy roundups of the best mockups at Placeit:
Mockups are a very effective way of showing a design in its intended form without actually investing any time and money in its production. You don’t have to print your design on a T-shirt to see how it looks—you just need a mockup.
But how do you create mockups? For years, designers have been using Photoshop for this task, but it’s not necessary anymore. In this short tutorial, I will show you how to make a mockup without Photoshop, in a few simple steps. I’ll use a T-shirt mockup and an iPhone mockup as examples.
When it’s uploaded, you’ll be asked to crop it. In my case, it looks fine as it is, but you can easily change its size with the slider. When you’re ready, click Crop.
Step 4
The site will now apply your design to all the templates automatically and magically. The image you have uploaded will be adjusted to each T-shirt in terms of the position, shape, lighting, and even colors.
Now simply scroll through a whole library of mockups presenting your design. If you find one that looks particularly nice to you, just click it to see it better.
Step 5
Here, you can still edit the design as you wish. You can change the color of the T-shirt to see if the design works for other colors, and you can still crop the image differently if you need by clicking this icon. I decided that my image would look better if it was placed slightly higher, so I changed it.
Step 6
If you’re happy with how it looks, and you want to show it to the client without the watermark, just scroll up and click the Download button. Here you can purchase the image or download it as a part of your unlimited subscription.
8 Awesome Free & Paid Templates to Get You Started
Now that you understand how to use a T-shirt mockup template, here are eight terrific apparel templates you can start practicing on to get you started creating your own mockups.
Maybe you want to show off a fashion brand or a travel logo. Either way, this free T-shirt mockup template is another great way to incorporate a real-life context with a neatly folded T-shirt lying on a bed next to other items. The perfect flat-lay to show your designs to their best advantage.
Looking for just the right couple to show off your hoodie design. This mockup of a cool young couple can be used for a myriad of purposes, including edgy hairdressing salon, tattoo parlour, laidback clothing line, and more.
This tote bag mockup is perfect for the minimalists out there. The design features a tote hanging on a nail against a duo-tone wall. The cotton bag mockup allows you to change the colour of the bag as well as both colours of the background.
Featuring a young woman standing behind a counter, this free T-shirt mockup template uses a real-life context to bring your designs to life and help people visualize themselves wearing your T-shirts.
Cool sweatshirt template of a couple, one of whom is wearing a sweatshirt and facing the camera directly, which allows your design to be seen clearly. Another great feature of this mockup is that you can change the background to whatever colour you want.
If you need a stylish jersey design mockup for volleyball, this is a great template to consider. The image in the template is shot against a black background, and you customise everything from the colour of the shorts to each colour in the ball.
Video is everywhere these days, and we would be remiss if we didn’t include a video mockup. This one is a nine-second clip featuring a young woman standing against a brick wall. The camera pans slowly from left to right as the woman smiles at the camera.
This simple, free T-shirt mockup template with its neutral background would be a great way to show off products or services targeting a male audience. Just upload your image, select the desired T-shirt colour, and you’re done.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for sweatshirts, hats, tote bags, etc., check out these handy roundups of the best apparel mockups:
Click Upload Screenshot and select the image that you want to see on the screen of an iPhone.
Step 3
Give it a few seconds to upload, and then crop the image if necessary. When you’re done, click Crop and see how the image is applied to all the templates in real time. All of this will happen automatically, and you just have to wait and let the magic happen.
Step 4
Scroll through all the mockups to see if you like one of them more than the others. When you find it, click it to open a bigger version.
Step 5
Here, again, you can edit the picture, but if you like how it looks, just scroll up and click the Download button to buy the mockup.
Now that you know how to create your own iPhone mockups, here’s a free iPhone mockup you can use to advertise your new app. Shot from above and displayed against a beautiful multicoloured surface, this is the perfect mockup to keep all eyes on your design.
A terrific paperback book mockup, this template features a rather stylish young woman, reading a paperback on the steps of a building. This very realistic book cover mockup allows you to upload images for the front, spine, and back cover of your book.
You’ve just opened up a pizzeria, and you need a low-cost way of advertising your new venture. Showcasing some of the wonderful freshness of ingredients that go into the making of a pizza, this realistic pizza box packaging mockup is the perfect template for you.
An over-the-shoulder image of a woman using her iPad in an outdoor cafe, this mockup gives the viewer a big, bright, clear view of the screen, with enough blur in the background to keep their attention focused.
Keep your viewer’s eyes riveted to your design when you use this terrific free coffee mug mockup, which sits in the foreground of the photo and stands out quite clearly against a softly blurred background of a kitchen countertop.
There’s a reason flat-lays are so popular nowadays. They’re a perfect way to display the objects on any surface. What’s great about this particular flat-lay is that it’s a perfect phone and computer mockup for showing off how a webpage would look on a computer screen and on a mobile device. A great laptop phone mockup combo for web designers, writers, or entrepreneurs.
What could be better than being able to display your product design labels in a number of styles and dimensions? This gift bag packaging mockup allows you to do just that, with gift bags that range from small to medium to very large.
Create a colourful and dynamic background to display your magazine spread mockup against with this multicolour print magazine mockup. First, upload your magazine pages, and then use the colour picker to experiment with colours that would best complement and show off your spread to the best advantage.
Why not show off your gorgeous poster design with this awesome poster mockup. The template features a young woman holding a giant poster in front of her and is shot against a beautiful blue background. The free mockup template would be suitable for a wide range of posters, from artistic designs to advertising posters.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for iPads, laptops, books, magazines, mugs and a whole host of templates, check out these handy roundups of the best mockups at Placeit:
Mockups are a very effective way of showing a design in its intended form without actually investing any time and money in its production. You don’t have to print your design on a T-shirt to see how it looks—you just need a mockup.
But how do you create mockups? For years, designers have been using Photoshop for this task, but it’s not necessary anymore. In this short tutorial, I will show you how to make a mockup without Photoshop, in a few simple steps. I’ll use a T-shirt mockup and an iPhone mockup as examples.
When it’s uploaded, you’ll be asked to crop it. In my case, it looks fine as it is, but you can easily change its size with the slider. When you’re ready, click Crop.
Step 4
The site will now apply your design to all the templates automatically and magically. The image you have uploaded will be adjusted to each T-shirt in terms of the position, shape, lighting, and even colors.
Now simply scroll through a whole library of mockups presenting your design. If you find one that looks particularly nice to you, just click it to see it better.
Step 5
Here, you can still edit the design as you wish. You can change the color of the T-shirt to see if the design works for other colors, and you can still crop the image differently if you need by clicking this icon. I decided that my image would look better if it was placed slightly higher, so I changed it.
Step 6
If you’re happy with how it looks, and you want to show it to the client without the watermark, just scroll up and click the Download button. Here you can purchase the image or download it as a part of your unlimited subscription.
8 Awesome Free & Paid Templates to Get You Started
Now that you understand how to use a T-shirt mockup template, here are eight terrific apparel templates you can start practicing on to get you started creating your own mockups.
Maybe you want to show off a fashion brand or a travel logo. Either way, this free T-shirt mockup template is another great way to incorporate a real-life context with a neatly folded T-shirt lying on a bed next to other items. The perfect flat-lay to show your designs to their best advantage.
Looking for just the right couple to show off your hoodie design. This mockup of a cool young couple can be used for a myriad of purposes, including edgy hairdressing salon, tattoo parlour, laidback clothing line, and more.
This tote bag mockup is perfect for the minimalists out there. The design features a tote hanging on a nail against a duo-tone wall. The cotton bag mockup allows you to change the colour of the bag as well as both colours of the background.
Featuring a young woman standing behind a counter, this free T-shirt mockup template uses a real-life context to bring your designs to life and help people visualize themselves wearing your T-shirts.
Cool sweatshirt template of a couple, one of whom is wearing a sweatshirt and facing the camera directly, which allows your design to be seen clearly. Another great feature of this mockup is that you can change the background to whatever colour you want.
If you need a stylish jersey design mockup for volleyball, this is a great template to consider. The image in the template is shot against a black background, and you customise everything from the colour of the shorts to each colour in the ball.
Video is everywhere these days, and we would be remiss if we didn’t include a video mockup. This one is a nine-second clip featuring a young woman standing against a brick wall. The camera pans slowly from left to right as the woman smiles at the camera.
This simple, free T-shirt mockup template with its neutral background would be a great way to show off products or services targeting a male audience. Just upload your image, select the desired T-shirt colour, and you’re done.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for sweatshirts, hats, tote bags, etc., check out these handy roundups of the best apparel mockups:
Click Upload Screenshot and select the image that you want to see on the screen of an iPhone.
Step 3
Give it a few seconds to upload, and then crop the image if necessary. When you’re done, click Crop and see how the image is applied to all the templates in real time. All of this will happen automatically, and you just have to wait and let the magic happen.
Step 4
Scroll through all the mockups to see if you like one of them more than the others. When you find it, click it to open a bigger version.
Step 5
Here, again, you can edit the picture, but if you like how it looks, just scroll up and click the Download button to buy the mockup.
Now that you know how to create your own iPhone mockups, here’s a free iPhone mockup you can use to advertise your new app. Shot from above and displayed against a beautiful multicoloured surface, this is the perfect mockup to keep all eyes on your design.
A terrific paperback book mockup, this template features a rather stylish young woman, reading a paperback on the steps of a building. This very realistic book cover mockup allows you to upload images for the front, spine, and back cover of your book.
You’ve just opened up a pizzeria, and you need a low-cost way of advertising your new venture. Showcasing some of the wonderful freshness of ingredients that go into the making of a pizza, this realistic pizza box packaging mockup is the perfect template for you.
An over-the-shoulder image of a woman using her iPad in an outdoor cafe, this mockup gives the viewer a big, bright, clear view of the screen, with enough blur in the background to keep their attention focused.
Keep your viewer’s eyes riveted to your design when you use this terrific free coffee mug mockup, which sits in the foreground of the photo and stands out quite clearly against a softly blurred background of a kitchen countertop.
There’s a reason flat-lays are so popular nowadays. They’re a perfect way to display the objects on any surface. What’s great about this particular flat-lay is that it’s a perfect phone and computer mockup for showing off how a webpage would look on a computer screen and on a mobile device. A great laptop phone mockup combo for web designers, writers, or entrepreneurs.
What could be better than being able to display your product design labels in a number of styles and dimensions? This gift bag packaging mockup allows you to do just that, with gift bags that range from small to medium to very large.
Create a colourful and dynamic background to display your magazine spread mockup against with this multicolour print magazine mockup. First, upload your magazine pages, and then use the colour picker to experiment with colours that would best complement and show off your spread to the best advantage.
Why not show off your gorgeous poster design with this awesome poster mockup. The template features a young woman holding a giant poster in front of her and is shot against a beautiful blue background. The free mockup template would be suitable for a wide range of posters, from artistic designs to advertising posters.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for iPads, laptops, books, magazines, mugs and a whole host of templates, check out these handy roundups of the best mockups at Placeit:
Mockups are a very effective way of showing a design in its intended form without actually investing any time and money in its production. You don’t have to print your design on a T-shirt to see how it looks—you just need a mockup.
But how do you create mockups? For years, designers have been using Photoshop for this task, but it’s not necessary anymore. In this short tutorial, I will show you how to make a mockup without Photoshop, in a few simple steps. I’ll use a T-shirt mockup and an iPhone mockup as examples.
When it’s uploaded, you’ll be asked to crop it. In my case, it looks fine as it is, but you can easily change its size with the slider. When you’re ready, click Crop.
Step 4
The site will now apply your design to all the templates automatically and magically. The image you have uploaded will be adjusted to each T-shirt in terms of the position, shape, lighting, and even colors.
Now simply scroll through a whole library of mockups presenting your design. If you find one that looks particularly nice to you, just click it to see it better.
Step 5
Here, you can still edit the design as you wish. You can change the color of the T-shirt to see if the design works for other colors, and you can still crop the image differently if you need by clicking this icon. I decided that my image would look better if it was placed slightly higher, so I changed it.
Step 6
If you’re happy with how it looks, and you want to show it to the client without the watermark, just scroll up and click the Download button. Here you can purchase the image or download it as a part of your unlimited subscription.
8 Awesome Free & Paid Templates to Get You Started
Now that you understand how to use a T-shirt mockup template, here are eight terrific apparel templates you can start practicing on to get you started creating your own mockups.
Maybe you want to show off a fashion brand or a travel logo. Either way, this free T-shirt mockup template is another great way to incorporate a real-life context with a neatly folded T-shirt lying on a bed next to other items. The perfect flat-lay to show your designs to their best advantage.
Looking for just the right couple to show off your hoodie design. This mockup of a cool young couple can be used for a myriad of purposes, including edgy hairdressing salon, tattoo parlour, laidback clothing line, and more.
This tote bag mockup is perfect for the minimalists out there. The design features a tote hanging on a nail against a duo-tone wall. The cotton bag mockup allows you to change the colour of the bag as well as both colours of the background.
Featuring a young woman standing behind a counter, this free T-shirt mockup template uses a real-life context to bring your designs to life and help people visualize themselves wearing your T-shirts.
Cool sweatshirt template of a couple, one of whom is wearing a sweatshirt and facing the camera directly, which allows your design to be seen clearly. Another great feature of this mockup is that you can change the background to whatever colour you want.
If you need a stylish jersey design mockup for volleyball, this is a great template to consider. The image in the template is shot against a black background, and you customise everything from the colour of the shorts to each colour in the ball.
Video is everywhere these days, and we would be remiss if we didn’t include a video mockup. This one is a nine-second clip featuring a young woman standing against a brick wall. The camera pans slowly from left to right as the woman smiles at the camera.
This simple, free T-shirt mockup template with its neutral background would be a great way to show off products or services targeting a male audience. Just upload your image, select the desired T-shirt colour, and you’re done.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for sweatshirts, hats, tote bags, etc., check out these handy roundups of the best apparel mockups:
Click Upload Screenshot and select the image that you want to see on the screen of an iPhone.
Step 3
Give it a few seconds to upload, and then crop the image if necessary. When you’re done, click Crop and see how the image is applied to all the templates in real time. All of this will happen automatically, and you just have to wait and let the magic happen.
Step 4
Scroll through all the mockups to see if you like one of them more than the others. When you find it, click it to open a bigger version.
Step 5
Here, again, you can edit the picture, but if you like how it looks, just scroll up and click the Download button to buy the mockup.
Now that you know how to create your own iPhone mockups, here’s a free iPhone mockup you can use to advertise your new app. Shot from above and displayed against a beautiful multicoloured surface, this is the perfect mockup to keep all eyes on your design.
A terrific paperback book mockup, this template features a rather stylish young woman, reading a paperback on the steps of a building. This very realistic book cover mockup allows you to upload images for the front, spine, and back cover of your book.
You’ve just opened up a pizzeria, and you need a low-cost way of advertising your new venture. Showcasing some of the wonderful freshness of ingredients that go into the making of a pizza, this realistic pizza box packaging mockup is the perfect template for you.
An over-the-shoulder image of a woman using her iPad in an outdoor cafe, this mockup gives the viewer a big, bright, clear view of the screen, with enough blur in the background to keep their attention focused.
Keep your viewer’s eyes riveted to your design when you use this terrific free coffee mug mockup, which sits in the foreground of the photo and stands out quite clearly against a softly blurred background of a kitchen countertop.
There’s a reason flat-lays are so popular nowadays. They’re a perfect way to display the objects on any surface. What’s great about this particular flat-lay is that it’s a perfect phone and computer mockup for showing off how a webpage would look on a computer screen and on a mobile device. A great laptop phone mockup combo for web designers, writers, or entrepreneurs.
What could be better than being able to display your product design labels in a number of styles and dimensions? This gift bag packaging mockup allows you to do just that, with gift bags that range from small to medium to very large.
Create a colourful and dynamic background to display your magazine spread mockup against with this multicolour print magazine mockup. First, upload your magazine pages, and then use the colour picker to experiment with colours that would best complement and show off your spread to the best advantage.
Why not show off your gorgeous poster design with this awesome poster mockup. The template features a young woman holding a giant poster in front of her and is shot against a beautiful blue background. The free mockup template would be suitable for a wide range of posters, from artistic designs to advertising posters.
If you’re interested in other cool mockups for iPads, laptops, books, magazines, mugs and a whole host of templates, check out these handy roundups of the best mockups at Placeit:
Pyrophobia is an inordinate fear of or hatred of fire. This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s Flame filter, along with some flame, smoke, and spark image textures as well as blending options, filters, and adjustment settings, to create a blazing, fiery text effect. Let’s get started!
This text effect was inspired by the many Layer Styles available on GraphicRiver. For example, there is this awesome fire text effect action for Photoshop, which you can apply to create a fire photo effect or flaming text effect in seconds:
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial:
Create a new 1200 x 850 px document, click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, choose Solid Color, and use the Color#1e100c.
Step 2
Create the text in All Caps using the font Aller Light. Set the Size to 350 pt and the Tracking to 100.
2. How to Create a Stroke Path and Layer
Step 1
Right-click the text layer and choose Create Work Path.
Step 2
Hide the text layer by clicking the eye icon next to it, and create a new layer with the name Stroke Flames.
3. How to Use the Flame Filter
Step 1
Go to Filter > Render > Flame, and click OK if you get a message telling you that the path is long.
Next, you’ll be playing around with the different options and settings’ values to stroke the path with flames, until you get an outcome you like.
The values used here are:
Basic
Flame Type: 2. Multiple Flames Along Path
Length: 115
Check the Randomize Length box.
Width: 35
Interval: 50
Check the Adjust Interval for Loops box.
Quality: High (Slow)
Advanced
Turbulent: 35
Jag: 20
Opacity: 50
Flame Lines (Complexity): 29
Flame Bottom Alignment: 20
Flame Style: 2. Violent
Flame Shape: 5. Pointing
Check the Randomize Shapes box.
Click OK to apply the filter. It might take some time, so just wait a little bit for it to be rendered.
Step 2
When you like the outcome, pick the Direct Selection Tool (A) and hit the Return key to get rid of the work path.
4. How to Create a Texture Overlay Layer
Step 1
Create a new layer on top of the Stroke Flames layer, name it Flame Texture, and fill it with White.
Make sure to set the Foreground and Background Colors to Black and White.
Step 2
Right-click the Flame Texture layer and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Step 3
Right-click the Flame Texture layer again and choose Create Clipping Mask.
Step 4
Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.
5. How to Create a Texture Using Filters
Step 1
Go to Filter > Filter Gallery to apply the following Filters:
Sketch > Bas Relief
Detail: 13
Smoothness: 3
Light: Bottom
Step 2
Click the New effect layer icon in the bottom right corner to add another filter, and apply Bas Relief with the same values again.
Step 3
Add another new effect layer.
Brush Strokes > Spatter
Spray Radius: 10
Smoothness: 5
Click OK when done.
6. How to Adjust a Layer’s Blending Options
Step 1
Change the Flame Texture layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Step 2
Double-click the Flame Texture layer to adjust its Blending Options. We are going to adjust the This Layer sliders under the Blend If section.
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the right slider to split it. As you move the slider’s ends, you’ll notice how the texture starts to blend better with the flames.
What this slider does is prevent the lighter areas of the texture from interacting with the content below it.
Step 3
Try different values until you like the outcome.
We will get back to the texture at the end of the tutorial to blur it, so you can also modify the values some more then.
7. How to Add Flame Images
Step 1
Use any of the flame images from the Flames0032, Flames0036, and Flames0043 sets to add to the text.
It is better to add the images as Smart Objects so that you can apply changes to them non-destructively.
To do so, go to File > Place Linked, and open the image you want to add.
Step 2
Change the image layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Step 3
Press Command-T to enter the Free Transform Mode, and move, resize, and rotate the image to place it over a part of the text.
Hit the Return key to commit the changes.
Step 4
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, and change the Hue to 3 and the Saturation to -35, or use any other values to match the color of the image’s flame with the stroke’s flame color.
8. How to Add More Flames
Step 1
Place another flame image over another part of the text, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen, and transform it as needed.
To duplicate the adjustments, expand the first flame image layer’s filter list, press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the Smart Filters tab to the newly added image layer.
Step 2
Repeat the steps to add as many flame images as needed to the text.
Step 3
Place all the flame image layers in a group and name it Flames.
9. How to Add Light Smoke Images
Step 1
Add any of the smoke images you like as a Smart Object, and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Place the smoke image over a part of the text, and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Press Command-U to adjust the Hue/Saturation. Check the Colorize box, and change the Hue to 215, the Saturation to 25, and the Lightness to -60.
Step 3
Double-click the smoke image layer to adjust its Blending Options. This time, we are going to adjust the Underlying Layer sliders under the Blend If section.
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the right slider to split it. As you move the slider’s ends, you’ll notice how the smoke image starts to blend better with the text and the background.
What this slider does is protect the lighter areas of the text from being affected by the smoke texture.
Step 4
Right-click the smoke image layer and choose Copy Layer Style.
Step 5
Add more smoke images to the text, and for each new image you add, right-click its layer and choose Paste Layer Style.
You can also duplicate the Hue/Saturation adjustments the same way you duplicated them for the flame images.
Double-click the Hue/Saturation tab under the Smart Filters list to use different values depending on the image you add and the effect you want.
Repeat the same steps until you like the outcome.
Step 6
Place all the smoke image layers in a group and name it Smoke, and change the group’s Opacity to 85%, or any value you like.
10. How to Add Heavy Smoke Images
Step 1
We are going to add more smoke images to create more depth.
So add a new smoke image, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Lighter Color, place it over any part of the text, and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Add a few more smoke images using the same Blend Mode, and keep them a little bit smaller in size than the lighter ones.
Step 3
Place all the new smoke image layers in a group and name it Smoke 02, and change the group’s Opacity to 50%, or any value you like depending on the effect you want.
11. How to Add Sparks
Step 1
Place one of the Fireworks0023 images over any part of the text, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add), and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Repeat the same steps to add more sparks all over the text.
Step 3
Place all the spark image layers in a group and name it Sparks.
12. How to Create an Outer Glow
Step 1
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the Stroke Flames layer downwards to create a copy below the original.
Step 2
Rename the copy layer to Glow, right-click it, and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Step 3
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 25.
Step 4
Change the Glow layer’s Blend Mode to Hard Light and its Opacity to 25%.
13. How to Add Smoke to a Background
Step 1
Place a new smoke image on top of all layers and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Resize the image to fill one side of the document.
Step 2
Press Command-U to adjust the Hue/Saturation. Check the Colorize box, and change the Hue to 215, the Saturation to 25, and the Lightness to -83.
Keep in mind that these values are the ones used in the tutorial, but you can always tweak them to suit your work and images.
Step 3
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 6. The aim here is to create a subtle foggy effect all around the text.
Step 4
Repeat the same steps to add a couple more smoke images.
Step 5
You can also add some more behind the text.
14. How to Add a Background Texture
Step 1
Place the Fireworks0017 – Image 2 texture on top of the Solid Color layer, and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add) and its Opacity to 50%.
Transform the texture as needed to fill the background.
Step 2
If you want to get rid of any parts of the texture, click the Add layer mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, and make sure to select the mask’s thumbnail.
Step 3
Set the Foreground Color to Black, pick the Brush Tool, and choose a soft round tip. Paint over any areas you want to erase.
15. How to Apply Final Adjustments
Step 1
Click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Color Lookup.
Choose FoggyNight.3DL from the 3DLUT File menu, and change the layer’s Opacity to 10%.
Step 2
Select the Flame Texture layer, and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 3 so that the texture is not as harsh.
Congratulations! You’re Done
In this tutorial, we created a text work path and stroked it with flames using the Flame filter. Then, we started adding flame, smoke, and spark image textures to build up the effect. We also used blending options, filters, and adjustments to better blend everything together. Finally, we added the background and some finishing touches to finish off the effect.
Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions, and outcomes below.
Looking to learn more? Check out these awesome fire effect tutorials:
Pyrophobia is an inordinate fear of or hatred of fire. This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s Flame filter, along with some flame, smoke, and spark image textures as well as blending options, filters, and adjustment settings, to create a blazing, fiery text effect. Let’s get started!
This text effect was inspired by the many Layer Styles available on GraphicRiver. For example, there is this awesome fire text effect action for Photoshop, which you can apply to create a fire photo effect or flaming text effect in seconds:
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial:
Create a new 1200 x 850 px document, click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, choose Solid Color, and use the Color#1e100c.
Step 2
Create the text in All Caps using the font Aller Light. Set the Size to 350 pt and the Tracking to 100.
2. How to Create a Stroke Path and Layer
Step 1
Right-click the text layer and choose Create Work Path.
Step 2
Hide the text layer by clicking the eye icon next to it, and create a new layer with the name Stroke Flames.
3. How to Use the Flame Filter
Step 1
Go to Filter > Render > Flame, and click OK if you get a message telling you that the path is long.
Next, you’ll be playing around with the different options and settings’ values to stroke the path with flames, until you get an outcome you like.
The values used here are:
Basic
Flame Type: 2. Multiple Flames Along Path
Length: 115
Check the Randomize Length box.
Width: 35
Interval: 50
Check the Adjust Interval for Loops box.
Quality: High (Slow)
Advanced
Turbulent: 35
Jag: 20
Opacity: 50
Flame Lines (Complexity): 29
Flame Bottom Alignment: 20
Flame Style: 2. Violent
Flame Shape: 5. Pointing
Check the Randomize Shapes box.
Click OK to apply the filter. It might take some time, so just wait a little bit for it to be rendered.
Step 2
When you like the outcome, pick the Direct Selection Tool (A) and hit the Return key to get rid of the work path.
4. How to Create a Texture Overlay Layer
Step 1
Create a new layer on top of the Stroke Flames layer, name it Flame Texture, and fill it with White.
Make sure to set the Foreground and Background Colors to Black and White.
Step 2
Right-click the Flame Texture layer and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Step 3
Right-click the Flame Texture layer again and choose Create Clipping Mask.
Step 4
Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.
5. How to Create a Texture Using Filters
Step 1
Go to Filter > Filter Gallery to apply the following Filters:
Sketch > Bas Relief
Detail: 13
Smoothness: 3
Light: Bottom
Step 2
Click the New effect layer icon in the bottom right corner to add another filter, and apply Bas Relief with the same values again.
Step 3
Add another new effect layer.
Brush Strokes > Spatter
Spray Radius: 10
Smoothness: 5
Click OK when done.
6. How to Adjust a Layer’s Blending Options
Step 1
Change the Flame Texture layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Step 2
Double-click the Flame Texture layer to adjust its Blending Options. We are going to adjust the This Layer sliders under the Blend If section.
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the right slider to split it. As you move the slider’s ends, you’ll notice how the texture starts to blend better with the flames.
What this slider does is prevent the lighter areas of the texture from interacting with the content below it.
Step 3
Try different values until you like the outcome.
We will get back to the texture at the end of the tutorial to blur it, so you can also modify the values some more then.
7. How to Add Flame Images
Step 1
Use any of the flame images from the Flames0032, Flames0036, and Flames0043 sets to add to the text.
It is better to add the images as Smart Objects so that you can apply changes to them non-destructively.
To do so, go to File > Place Linked, and open the image you want to add.
Step 2
Change the image layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Step 3
Press Command-T to enter the Free Transform Mode, and move, resize, and rotate the image to place it over a part of the text.
Hit the Return key to commit the changes.
Step 4
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, and change the Hue to 3 and the Saturation to -35, or use any other values to match the color of the image’s flame with the stroke’s flame color.
8. How to Add More Flames
Step 1
Place another flame image over another part of the text, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen, and transform it as needed.
To duplicate the adjustments, expand the first flame image layer’s filter list, press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the Smart Filters tab to the newly added image layer.
Step 2
Repeat the steps to add as many flame images as needed to the text.
Step 3
Place all the flame image layers in a group and name it Flames.
9. How to Add Light Smoke Images
Step 1
Add any of the smoke images you like as a Smart Object, and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Place the smoke image over a part of the text, and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Press Command-U to adjust the Hue/Saturation. Check the Colorize box, and change the Hue to 215, the Saturation to 25, and the Lightness to -60.
Step 3
Double-click the smoke image layer to adjust its Blending Options. This time, we are going to adjust the Underlying Layer sliders under the Blend If section.
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the right slider to split it. As you move the slider’s ends, you’ll notice how the smoke image starts to blend better with the text and the background.
What this slider does is protect the lighter areas of the text from being affected by the smoke texture.
Step 4
Right-click the smoke image layer and choose Copy Layer Style.
Step 5
Add more smoke images to the text, and for each new image you add, right-click its layer and choose Paste Layer Style.
You can also duplicate the Hue/Saturation adjustments the same way you duplicated them for the flame images.
Double-click the Hue/Saturation tab under the Smart Filters list to use different values depending on the image you add and the effect you want.
Repeat the same steps until you like the outcome.
Step 6
Place all the smoke image layers in a group and name it Smoke, and change the group’s Opacity to 85%, or any value you like.
10. How to Add Heavy Smoke Images
Step 1
We are going to add more smoke images to create more depth.
So add a new smoke image, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Lighter Color, place it over any part of the text, and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Add a few more smoke images using the same Blend Mode, and keep them a little bit smaller in size than the lighter ones.
Step 3
Place all the new smoke image layers in a group and name it Smoke 02, and change the group’s Opacity to 50%, or any value you like depending on the effect you want.
11. How to Add Sparks
Step 1
Place one of the Fireworks0023 images over any part of the text, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add), and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Repeat the same steps to add more sparks all over the text.
Step 3
Place all the spark image layers in a group and name it Sparks.
12. How to Create an Outer Glow
Step 1
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the Stroke Flames layer downwards to create a copy below the original.
Step 2
Rename the copy layer to Glow, right-click it, and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Step 3
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 25.
Step 4
Change the Glow layer’s Blend Mode to Hard Light and its Opacity to 25%.
13. How to Add Smoke to a Background
Step 1
Place a new smoke image on top of all layers and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Resize the image to fill one side of the document.
Step 2
Press Command-U to adjust the Hue/Saturation. Check the Colorize box, and change the Hue to 215, the Saturation to 25, and the Lightness to -83.
Keep in mind that these values are the ones used in the tutorial, but you can always tweak them to suit your work and images.
Step 3
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 6. The aim here is to create a subtle foggy effect all around the text.
Step 4
Repeat the same steps to add a couple more smoke images.
Step 5
You can also add some more behind the text.
14. How to Add a Background Texture
Step 1
Place the Fireworks0017 – Image 2 texture on top of the Solid Color layer, and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add) and its Opacity to 50%.
Transform the texture as needed to fill the background.
Step 2
If you want to get rid of any parts of the texture, click the Add layer mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, and make sure to select the mask’s thumbnail.
Step 3
Set the Foreground Color to Black, pick the Brush Tool, and choose a soft round tip. Paint over any areas you want to erase.
15. How to Apply Final Adjustments
Step 1
Click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Color Lookup.
Choose FoggyNight.3DL from the 3DLUT File menu, and change the layer’s Opacity to 10%.
Step 2
Select the Flame Texture layer, and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 3 so that the texture is not as harsh.
Congratulations! You’re Done
In this tutorial, we created a text work path and stroked it with flames using the Flame filter. Then, we started adding flame, smoke, and spark image textures to build up the effect. We also used blending options, filters, and adjustments to better blend everything together. Finally, we added the background and some finishing touches to finish off the effect.
Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions, and outcomes below.
Looking to learn more? Check out these awesome fire effect tutorials:
Pyrophobia is an inordinate fear of or hatred of fire. This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s Flame filter, along with some flame, smoke, and spark image textures as well as blending options, filters, and adjustment settings, to create a blazing, fiery text effect. Let’s get started!
This text effect was inspired by the many Layer Styles available on GraphicRiver. For example, there is this awesome fire text effect action for Photoshop, which you can apply to create a fire photo effect or flaming text effect in seconds:
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial:
Create a new 1200 x 850 px document, click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, choose Solid Color, and use the Color#1e100c.
Step 2
Create the text in All Caps using the font Aller Light. Set the Size to 350 pt and the Tracking to 100.
2. How to Create a Stroke Path and Layer
Step 1
Right-click the text layer and choose Create Work Path.
Step 2
Hide the text layer by clicking the eye icon next to it, and create a new layer with the name Stroke Flames.
3. How to Use the Flame Filter
Step 1
Go to Filter > Render > Flame, and click OK if you get a message telling you that the path is long.
Next, you’ll be playing around with the different options and settings’ values to stroke the path with flames, until you get an outcome you like.
The values used here are:
Basic
Flame Type: 2. Multiple Flames Along Path
Length: 115
Check the Randomize Length box.
Width: 35
Interval: 50
Check the Adjust Interval for Loops box.
Quality: High (Slow)
Advanced
Turbulent: 35
Jag: 20
Opacity: 50
Flame Lines (Complexity): 29
Flame Bottom Alignment: 20
Flame Style: 2. Violent
Flame Shape: 5. Pointing
Check the Randomize Shapes box.
Click OK to apply the filter. It might take some time, so just wait a little bit for it to be rendered.
Step 2
When you like the outcome, pick the Direct Selection Tool (A) and hit the Return key to get rid of the work path.
4. How to Create a Texture Overlay Layer
Step 1
Create a new layer on top of the Stroke Flames layer, name it Flame Texture, and fill it with White.
Make sure to set the Foreground and Background Colors to Black and White.
Step 2
Right-click the Flame Texture layer and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Step 3
Right-click the Flame Texture layer again and choose Create Clipping Mask.
Step 4
Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.
5. How to Create a Texture Using Filters
Step 1
Go to Filter > Filter Gallery to apply the following Filters:
Sketch > Bas Relief
Detail: 13
Smoothness: 3
Light: Bottom
Step 2
Click the New effect layer icon in the bottom right corner to add another filter, and apply Bas Relief with the same values again.
Step 3
Add another new effect layer.
Brush Strokes > Spatter
Spray Radius: 10
Smoothness: 5
Click OK when done.
6. How to Adjust a Layer’s Blending Options
Step 1
Change the Flame Texture layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Step 2
Double-click the Flame Texture layer to adjust its Blending Options. We are going to adjust the This Layer sliders under the Blend If section.
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the right slider to split it. As you move the slider’s ends, you’ll notice how the texture starts to blend better with the flames.
What this slider does is prevent the lighter areas of the texture from interacting with the content below it.
Step 3
Try different values until you like the outcome.
We will get back to the texture at the end of the tutorial to blur it, so you can also modify the values some more then.
7. How to Add Flame Images
Step 1
Use any of the flame images from the Flames0032, Flames0036, and Flames0043 sets to add to the text.
It is better to add the images as Smart Objects so that you can apply changes to them non-destructively.
To do so, go to File > Place Linked, and open the image you want to add.
Step 2
Change the image layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Step 3
Press Command-T to enter the Free Transform Mode, and move, resize, and rotate the image to place it over a part of the text.
Hit the Return key to commit the changes.
Step 4
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, and change the Hue to 3 and the Saturation to -35, or use any other values to match the color of the image’s flame with the stroke’s flame color.
8. How to Add More Flames
Step 1
Place another flame image over another part of the text, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen, and transform it as needed.
To duplicate the adjustments, expand the first flame image layer’s filter list, press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the Smart Filters tab to the newly added image layer.
Step 2
Repeat the steps to add as many flame images as needed to the text.
Step 3
Place all the flame image layers in a group and name it Flames.
9. How to Add Light Smoke Images
Step 1
Add any of the smoke images you like as a Smart Object, and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Place the smoke image over a part of the text, and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Press Command-U to adjust the Hue/Saturation. Check the Colorize box, and change the Hue to 215, the Saturation to 25, and the Lightness to -60.
Step 3
Double-click the smoke image layer to adjust its Blending Options. This time, we are going to adjust the Underlying Layer sliders under the Blend If section.
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the right slider to split it. As you move the slider’s ends, you’ll notice how the smoke image starts to blend better with the text and the background.
What this slider does is protect the lighter areas of the text from being affected by the smoke texture.
Step 4
Right-click the smoke image layer and choose Copy Layer Style.
Step 5
Add more smoke images to the text, and for each new image you add, right-click its layer and choose Paste Layer Style.
You can also duplicate the Hue/Saturation adjustments the same way you duplicated them for the flame images.
Double-click the Hue/Saturation tab under the Smart Filters list to use different values depending on the image you add and the effect you want.
Repeat the same steps until you like the outcome.
Step 6
Place all the smoke image layers in a group and name it Smoke, and change the group’s Opacity to 85%, or any value you like.
10. How to Add Heavy Smoke Images
Step 1
We are going to add more smoke images to create more depth.
So add a new smoke image, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Lighter Color, place it over any part of the text, and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Add a few more smoke images using the same Blend Mode, and keep them a little bit smaller in size than the lighter ones.
Step 3
Place all the new smoke image layers in a group and name it Smoke 02, and change the group’s Opacity to 50%, or any value you like depending on the effect you want.
11. How to Add Sparks
Step 1
Place one of the Fireworks0023 images over any part of the text, change its layer’s Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add), and transform it as needed.
Step 2
Repeat the same steps to add more sparks all over the text.
Step 3
Place all the spark image layers in a group and name it Sparks.
12. How to Create an Outer Glow
Step 1
Press-hold the Option key, and click-drag the Stroke Flames layer downwards to create a copy below the original.
Step 2
Rename the copy layer to Glow, right-click it, and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Step 3
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 25.
Step 4
Change the Glow layer’s Blend Mode to Hard Light and its Opacity to 25%.
13. How to Add Smoke to a Background
Step 1
Place a new smoke image on top of all layers and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Screen.
Resize the image to fill one side of the document.
Step 2
Press Command-U to adjust the Hue/Saturation. Check the Colorize box, and change the Hue to 215, the Saturation to 25, and the Lightness to -83.
Keep in mind that these values are the ones used in the tutorial, but you can always tweak them to suit your work and images.
Step 3
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and set the Radius to 6. The aim here is to create a subtle foggy effect all around the text.
Step 4
Repeat the same steps to add a couple more smoke images.
Step 5
You can also add some more behind the text.
14. How to Add a Background Texture
Step 1
Place the Fireworks0017 – Image 2 texture on top of the Solid Color layer, and change its layer’s Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add) and its Opacity to 50%.
Transform the texture as needed to fill the background.
Step 2
If you want to get rid of any parts of the texture, click the Add layer mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, and make sure to select the mask’s thumbnail.
Step 3
Set the Foreground Color to Black, pick the Brush Tool, and choose a soft round tip. Paint over any areas you want to erase.
15. How to Apply Final Adjustments
Step 1
Click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Color Lookup.
Choose FoggyNight.3DL from the 3DLUT File menu, and change the layer’s Opacity to 10%.
Step 2
Select the Flame Texture layer, and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 3 so that the texture is not as harsh.
Congratulations! You’re Done
In this tutorial, we created a text work path and stroked it with flames using the Flame filter. Then, we started adding flame, smoke, and spark image textures to build up the effect. We also used blending options, filters, and adjustments to better blend everything together. Finally, we added the background and some finishing touches to finish off the effect.
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