In this tutorial you will learn a fire background effect using the cloud filter in Photoshop. This process is quick and only requires three steps.


Fire background

Step 1

Open a new Photoshop document with the size 640 x 480 dimensions.
Select Filter > Render > Clouds and you should get the following:




Step 2

Then select Filter > Render > Difference Clouds and you should get the following. If you are unhappy with your clouds you can select Ctrl + F to repeat the cloud filter.




Step 3

You now need to add the fire colour by selecting Image > Adjustment > Gradient Map. Double click on the drop down menu and the gradient editor should appear and add the following colours.



You should now have a fire background.