Fireball Tutorial For Photoshop
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Part 1: Creating the basic shape and texture

1. Create a new document. This tutorial uses 400 x 400. Fill the background with Black (#000000)
2. Make a new layer.
3. Use the and make a large circular selection. Hold Shift to make the circle perfectly round; and make sure the circle takes up the majority of the document. NEVER DESELECT THE SELECTION. IT MUST STAY SELECTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TUTORIAL!
4. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.
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5. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right.Press OK.
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6. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter.
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7. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours.
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8. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with:
- Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100
9. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with:
- Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100
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10. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers.
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11. Make a new layer.
12. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.
13. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right. Press OK.
14. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter.
15. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours.
16. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with: - Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100
17. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with:
- Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100
18. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. Set this layers mode to Linear Dodge, and press CTRL+E to merge the layers again.
19. Make a new layer.
20. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.
21. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right. Press OK.
22. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter.
23. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours.
24. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with:
- Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100
25. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with:
- Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100
26. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. Set this layers mode to Linear Dodge, and press CTRL+E to merge the layers again.
27. Make a new layer.
28. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.
29. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right. Press OK.
30. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter.
31. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours.
32. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with:
- Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100
33. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with:
- Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100
34. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. Set this layers mode to Linear Dodge, and press CTRL+E to merge EVERY layer into one; except for the background.
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35. With the fireball layer selected, go into the Layer Styles, and add an Inner Glow any size, with the colour #FFC600. Add an Outer Glow also with the colour #FFC600.

Final Product
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