Create Fire Effect
- Start new file, approximately 600 x 350 px
- Fill background with black
- Type desired words in white (Choose a wide font)
- LAYER/Rasterize/Type
- FILTER/Stylize/Wind. Choose From the Right
- Ctrl-F to repeat
- FILTER/Stylize/Wind. Choose From the Left
- Ctrl-F to repeat
- EDIT/Transform/Rotate 90 clockwise
- Repeat steps 5 through 8
- EDIT/Transform/Rotate 90 counterclockwise
- FILTER/Blur/Gaussian/Blur (2 pixels)
- FILTER/Distort/Ripple. Keep defaul settings
- IMAGE/Mode/Grayscale. Don't flatten
- IMAGE/Mode/Indexed Color. Flatten, OK.
- IMAGE/Mode/Color Table. Choose Black Body.
- IMAGE/Mode/RGB Color.
- Click anywhere and type same text again, this time in black.
If the text has jagged edges, highlight it and change to anti alias "Smooth".
- Position black text over, then deselect (Ctrl-D)
This came for a source similar to this: www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/effects/4way-fire. If you want the longer version for details and explanations check out that site.