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Made with Adobe CS2 and a Wacom Intuos3 6x11.WARNING: LARGE FILE
But, then again I suppose you knew that considering you've already clicked on it. But for those of you who have the small-view on instead of large, beforewarned! It's large and in charge. And detailed. I got carried away.
Stock credits on image.
Original image: [link]
To clear confusion, all fire you see in the picture came from pictures, not drawn in. I drew highlights, shadows, etc, but all flamage comes from actual pictures.
IMPORTANT:I forgot to add this into the tutorial, but it's very important, and awesome in the way of time saving.
You do no cut the fire out.
Alright - the way I did it is having a darker BG, and the BG behind the fire is black (or very dark). Set the fire pic to "lighten" if you have PS, and viola! The BG fades away but the fire remains.
The only problem if you're working with a lighter BG is lighten doesn't make the BG disappear so much, so you're suck with how to cut the fire out, etc.
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This was done due to popular demand, and my extreme inability to say no.
Questions? Comments? Plop away and I'll be happy to help out.
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Comments: 160
This is awesome! I am attempting it with GIMP currently...whether I succeed or not is debatable...we shall see 
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my god women your amazing O.O my favorite manipulator!! lol sounds funny. i suck at manipulations. true i use gimp and i dont have a tablet, but that shouldnt matter much. I struggle with shadows and lighting, and manes/tails. >.< i never like my finished project haha! but this horse is fantastic all your work is!! plus i like your tutorials they are so fun to read with you "vavavoom!" lol i hate reading tutorials without personality in them, does that even make any since? Im so confusing let me start over. Your are is stunning.
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hi! i jused your tutorial For my Art work take a look [link]
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can you make a tut how you put the highlights on ?
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hi i'm working with this tutorial and i hope to have it ready to post this afternoon
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Oh I am really a begginer manipulator and I said wow when I found out in your tut that the lightening thing is painted!
I thought i could only do this with the dodge and burn tool!
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THANK YOU.
I could never figure out how to "cut out" the fire for the life of me.
I think I love you. o.o
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I like flowers, but not chocolates!
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I'll be sure to keep that in mind. :3
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hey i realy like your tut! going to try out something i will show you the work when i'm done! thanks!
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So helpful! I've always wondered how people get fire in their pictures, and I was stuck trying to cut out the fire- which obviously doesn't work- This way is much better. Thanks a tonne!
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Anytime!! I'm really glad it clarifies at least a little xD
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used your AMAZING tutorial to make this : [link]
thank you so much for your help!
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Omfg, this was helpful when it came to getting the highlights sorted and figuring out how to skew the fire I used - thank you so much for uploading this!
<3333!
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Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! I have always wanted to try my hand at making a manip with fire in it- but never knew how to go about it! You are so kind to be willing to share your amazing talent with the rest of DA- thank you for taking the time to create such a detailed tutorial. I used it to help guide me in creating this picture:
[link]
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WOW! Its amazing! I'd like to add this tutorial to my front page of useful tutorials so other people can link to it!
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Hiya!
Awesome tutorial, Ill be using it in my next manip definatly (working on it now) I just wanted to let you know, (in case you didnt already) Someone has used the fire lord in their youtube video, and now a bunch of people are calling it a Ponyta (from pokemon, -le sigh-) [link] linky to the video ^.^ thanks so much, and ill be back when ive finished my manip
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I wanted to let you know how much this tutorial helped me out with this piece ! You already know I love ya, but I wanted to drop by to remind you.
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may i ask what pic came from what stock? like id like to find the pics you used to see if i can TRY to make it like yours? im not gonna post it i just want to see if i can do it or not.. thanks
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This is so helpful!
lol.
Now if I can figure out how to even work CS3..
Or maybe GIMP, since I'm lazy.
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It's not easy to make the fire 'ring'
Do you have to blend and cut fire before putting it into the square?
Great tut! ;hah
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Love this! Would love a tut how to change shape of the horses body too!
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I can't believe I didn't see this tutorial until I ran across it yesterday. I did an attempt with it here: [link] Thank you!
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This looks awesome, sadly I can't open it...
I don't know why.
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You don't open it 
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Oops. Sorry.
I gots it.
Super Tut.
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I'm more curious as to how you drew in the teeth, along with a little more detailed way of how you did the tail and such.
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I'd like to thank you for providing such an excellent tutorial! I practically worshipped it while I was working on my own (and so far only!) photomanip. Thanks so much for sticking it up here!
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Oh believe me, you helped me out a ton! Hehe, playing with fire is most definitely a lot of fun. ^^
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OMG!!woew. i use gimp. i wil be geting adobe photoshop 7. But wow. i might ask for tips from ya!
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Ohh.. without you I should never be able to make this manip: [link]
THANK YOU SO MUCH! [=
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