 In this tutorial I will show you how to create a really crazy flaming sword. I originally came up with it when I needed to create some posters for my company. Ready to go?
Before we begin, let's have a look of what we're creating so you can understand the techniques we use more easily
Step 1: Create a new document and place your photo in the center of the document, you can download the image I used here 
Step 2: The main color of this image is blue but I don't like it ^_^, so I change the color by going to Image > Adjustments > Levels in the Channel drop-down box choose Blue and adjust its parameters as shown: 
Step 3: Brighter the photo a bit by going to Image > Curves 
And we get 
Step 4: Press Ctrl-J to duplicate this layer, blur it a little by going to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5 pixels 
Step 5: We will turn this layer into the glowing light around the sword. Go to Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges and use these settings: 
The edges' sword are now very glowing 
Step 6: Change the blending mode of this layer to Screen, our photo now looks like this  Step 7: If you want to make the lighting effect more impressive then go to Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple, set its parameters as shown:  Remember if you don't set your duplicated layer to Screen, you can't see the effect 
Step 8: Change the color of the light by going to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Use these settings to turn your light into red 
Here is the image after this step: 
Step 9: Grab a small, soft brush (the brush with low hardness) and clear the light on the handle of the sword 
Step 10: Next, we will add some flames on the sword with this image  Paste this image on a new layer and change its blending mode to Screen, the black areas are totally wiped out 
Step 11: Use the Transform tool (Edit > Transform) and the Move tool to make the flames burn around the sword 
You can continue adding some effects like Lens Flare, Wind, Zigzag... on the image, it's up to you to photoshop!
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