TECHNIQUE 79
SMASHING PHOTOSHOP CS5
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TECHNIQUE
CREATING FIRE WITH THE SMUDGE TOOL YES, THE DIGITAL fire effect has been around since the late 1980s, but unless you’ve ever had the need to use fire in a print, Web, or video layout, you may have no idea how to create this
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effect yourself. There are, of course, several methods for simulating fire, but by far the best technique involves the use of the incomparable Smudge tool.
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