Watch and learn to create complex photo manipulations by taking what I do in this Photoshop tutorial and apply it to your own photo manipulations! If you create your own flaming photo manipulation, upload it to Instagram and tag me @tutvid so I can see what you made! Thanks for watching!

Inspired by:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY_KeiVn56j/

Stock used

https://stock.adobe.com/images/portrait-of-a-free-and-wild-scottish-stag-as-captured-in-the-highlands/203046453

Fire Stock Photos

https://unsplash.com/photos/JHi_niOPbvo

https://unsplash.com/photos/di0g4r3sg4Q

https://unsplash.com/photos/_5S5BkwY9rU

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Recording notes:

• Make a selection of the elk and save it
• Add dropblues LUT and Moonlight LUT
• Merge those layers and convert to smart object
• Add a Camera RAW filter with these settings
• Temp -20 // Tint 10 // Exposure -1.00 // Highlights&Whites -100 // Shadows&Blacks -30 // Dehaze -40 // Saturation -20 // 
• Hue/Sat layer and shift the Blues hue: -30 and sat: -70
• Levels, Multiply, Quick Mask for custom vignette around edges. 35% opacity.
• Load elk selection and add a Gradient Map layer with the Fire/Rust gradient
• Add the flames, one piece at a time, Screen and mask them into place (use Levels to ensure solid black background for cleaner flames)
• Add 8-10 flames and explain where to get them on unsplash
• Layer base glow reflection with a Vivid Light layer (remember to add some light to the ground!)
• Fill out more of the color with a Color Dodge layer and reduce opacity a little
• Use a small brush on a Color Dodge layer to start painting the precise highlights on the face and back
• Create an Overlay layer and paint in more color and blend it all bit by bit
• Add a second Color Dodge layer and touch up the highlight details
• Add a Color Balance layer and use it to flood some red and yellow into the elk’s body and mask gently
• Add a Levels adjustment layer and drag to the bottom and mask to the elk’s rear
• Create orange glow above elk’s head (Screen@ 20% & Linear Light@ 20%)
• Add Teal Orange LUT at 30% opacity
• Color Balance layer S:-15/+8/+15 M:+15/-10/-10 H: +5/-20/+10 @ 50%
• EdgyAmber LUT Soft Light at 15%
• Merge all to new layer and convert to Smart Object
• Add Camera RAW filter: Temp +10 / Tint: +25 / Blacks +20 / Clarity +30 / Vibrance: +20 / Saturation: -10 // SHARPEN // ADD 10 OF GRAIN
• Reduce that layer opacity to 65%
• Add Color Balance layer S:-20/-5/+10 and reduce to 50%
• Add a Selective Color layer and add 8-10 points of blue to the blacks
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