Overlays are like special effects for your photos. They help create different moods or atmospheres in your pictures, draw attention to important parts, and even tell a story. Ember overlays are a great way to add embers to your composite or to add a dynamic foreground element to your images. Whether you are doing an action movie poster or retouching an existing fire or flame, these overlays will have what you need to create realistic embers. In conjunction with the fire and spark packs, you have everything you need to create full, realistic fires.

Yes, all of our assets, overlays and tools are royalty-free and can be used on any project without attribution or credit. The only limitation is on reselling or redistribution. You can read our full terms here.

These overlays are high-resolution JPEG images and can be used with any image editing software that supports jpegs and layers, including ALL versions of Photoshop, Affinity Photo, GIMP, Krita, Pixelmator and more.

No, the overlays are in jpeg format and do not have transparency. In order to "erase" the black background in the images, simply changing the blending mode of the layer to "SCREEN." This will make ONLY the sparks appear in your composite or photograph.

If you want direct access to the overlays in Photoshop, we recommend that you create an Adobe Library called "Sparks" and then load the jpegs directly into the library using Adobe Bridge. Here is a tutorial on how to do this.

Yes! If you join the Academy, this asset pack will be added to your Nucly library. The Academy can be purchased as a one-time lifetime access or as a subscription. You can explore all the features of the Academy here:  Nucly Academy.