Create a candle in Photoshop. Flame filter Advanced Settings. -

In today’s video we are going to create a candle using the flame tool advanced settings. Also, together we shall explore the advanced settings in the following steps:

Create a path
Explore the advanced setting using the one flame along the path
- Turbulent
- Jag
- Opacity
- Flame Lines (Complexity)
- Flame Bottom Alignment
- Flame Shape
- Randomize Vs Arrangement
Apply to Different Flame Types:
- Candle
- Multiple Flames Along Path
- Multiple Flames One Direction
- Multiple Flames Path Directed
- Multiple Flames Various Angle
Rotate The flame
Add candle Base

Before the detailed steps, if you like, You can watch a step by step video below. For any clarification or comment fill the form to the side and we shall come back to you as soon as possible

Step 1, Create a path to apply Flame Filter to it

Create a new File 1000pxX1000px 72 px/inch resolution
ctrl+0 to zoom in to the screen
ctrl+shift+n to create a new layer
Use the Pen tool to add a straight path, make sure path is selected from the top tool bar
Click enter and add a curved path using the curved pen tool

Step 2, Explore the advanced setting using the one flame along the path

To add a Flame menu>Filter>Render>Flame
1. Select Flame Type 1. One Flame Along the path
2. You have one option available from the settings which is the width, keep to 25
3. Then Click Advanced

Those setting are the guidance for the flame generator algorithm in Adobe
We shall start with the following settings:
Turbulence = 0
Jag = 0
Opacity 50%
Flame Lines (Complexity) = 2
Flame Bottom Alignment = 0
Flame Style = 1. Normal
Flame Shape = 1. Parallel
Deselect Random Shapes
Arrangement 1
Then in the coming section we shall explain them one by one

Post 32 - flame advanced settings settings

Turbulence

It makes the flame spin around its access whether straight or curved,

Change its setting to 100. Compare it to the original flame in the previous point

Jag

Jag is a sharp projection on an edge or surface.

Change its setting to 100. Watch the sharp edges. It is as wrinkled.

Opacity

It increases or decreases the brightness of the. flame. at zero (0) it will disappear

Change its setting to 100 Its core will blend and tend to whiten as strong fire

Flame Lines (Complexity)

It determines the number of flames blended to form the one flame

Change its setting to 6 Return Opacity to 50, Jag to 0 and Turbulence to 0

Post 32 - Flame Lines or Complexity 6 — For Curved Path, The Flame lines are to the depth and not flat

Flame Bottom Alignment

It describes the.starting point of each of the flame lines. Zero nearby

Change its setting to 100. Watch the bottom of the straight flame.

Post 32 - bottom align 100 — Algorithm work differently on curved path

Random Shapes / Arrangement

Either to select Random Shapes or You set the Arrangement value. Both will generate different flame look each time for multiple flames.filter types in basic

Post 32 - Arrangement 50 — Here Arrangement setting is 50, Try to select Random.

Flame Shape,

It has 5 selections to demonstrate them, First, return Flame Lines to 2 and Bottom Align to zero (0)

1.Parallel

2.To The Center

3. Spread

4. Oval

Post 32 - Flame Shape 4 ova; — The 2 Flame Lines Diverge from the flame middle

5. Pointing

Step 3, Apply to Different flame types

We shall start from the last advanced setting we had reached
- Turbulence=0, Jog=0, Opacity=50, Flame Lines=2, Bottom Align=0, Flame Shape Pointing
Then we shall Select the Basic Settings Tap
Select Flame type 2. Multiple Flames along the path, with settings:
- length 100, Width 25, Interval 100, Result in Figure 3-1
Other Flame Types will be demonstrated in the below section, angle will be set to 90 degrees

3. Multiple Flames One Direction

4. Multiple Flames Path Direction

5. Multiple Flames Various Directions

6. Candle Light

Step 4, Rotate The flame

Now from the last setting in Step 3, we had generated a flame light but it looks inverted.
To turn it we need first to convert it to a shape not path
- Click on the pen tool then from the top tool bar select shape instead of path
Now the path are shapes and you can deal with them freely
click ctrl+t and change angle from the top tool bar to 180 degree or click v and rotate the shape borders from one of the corners

flames with path lines — Flames in path form

flames path to shapes — flames converted path to shapes and rotated

Step 5, Add Candle base

Now use the object selection tool and select one of the flames. then ctrl+j to move it to a new layer and hide the layer with the 2 flames by clicking the eye beside the layer
Add a line from the line tool from the top tool bar adjust fill and stroke to black and line weight to 12 (those numbers are relative to the canvas and flame size we had used)
Draw a line about 50 pixels, half of it is on the flame
Drag the flame layer above the line layer
use the eraser with opacity 20% to clear a shadow of the line behind the flame See figure 5-1
Then add a candle base
- Draw an ellipse and duplicate it (right click on layer or ctrl+C then ctrl+v)
- Draw a rectangle of same width as the ellipse
- Select the flame, wick, 2 ellipses and rectangle and center them horizontally from the top tool bar
- As in Figure 5-2
- Select a grey fill and gradient stroke for the ellipses and the rectangle
Use the eraser after adjusting its intensity to 100% to remove the bottom line of the rectangle. Then click v and move the rectangle a little down to closes the unnecessary cleared areas
For the top ellipse
- Rasterize the layer menu>layer>rasterize>Layer
- Then menu>Filter>Stylize>emboss
- USe these settings :
Result in Figure 5-3