Fire lines

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

For this tutorial your going to need a good stock photo lined up. Something with action… and preferably dark (this effect works much better in a dark setting)

Open the stock photo, then go to the paths tab and click create new path.

Press “P” on the keyboard to select the pen tool, get a basic idea of where the fire is going. Keep in mind dimension and action. Swirls do wonders!

A. Click to start your path

B. Click your next point, hold and drag to create a bezier spline path, which is necessary to create flowing lines

C. Continue doing this, following the idea of where you want the fire to go.

Dont worry about getting it right the first time as you can change the spline at any time…another little tip - if you press and hold ctrl while using the pen tool you can temporarily access the direct selection tool which will allow you to edit the spline (a big time saver)