How to create realistic smoke in photoshop
This is a very quick and simple tutorial how to create a realistic smoke using photoshop
It’s not hard just take your time and enjoy this neat tutorial
1 - Create some Shapes: I created some random shapes.
2 - Apply a Gaussian blur on each shape
3 - Using the liquify filter
4 - Positioning the shapes
5 - Adding some colors
Add a background color on the layer of the shape, otherwise the Hue/Saturation won’t work
6 - Creating a cloud behind the smoke
Set a feather with a high value, like 40 to 80, and after that apply the hue/saturation on the cloud too
7 - Adding a gradient to create an atmosphere
The gradient will give a atmosphere and more depth to the image
Final Result
The whole process takes around 30 to 40 minutes tops, it’s pretty simple,
Although it can be quite hard to create a natural smoke with the liquify filter,
The best thing to do is to play with the brushes and with some tools to get the effect you want.
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February 28th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Thats a neat trick!
March 1st, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Not really that well descriptive to a noob of photoshop.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Hey, I wrote this tutorial and I would like you to add a link to the original post http://abduzeedo.com/creating-smoke
Thank you.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:50 am
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April 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
I’m new to Photoshop. I didn’t even know that was possible! Really cool, thank you!
May 6th, 2008 at 4:52 am
nice dude, that final picture looks bad ass. My down fall is always my graphic design skills =/
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
very nice, im not a total noob in photoshop but this guide looks useful and something i could use, thank you!
June 10th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Thank you for this great tutorial. We all here at the graphic designer room of Action Printing, Inc. enjoyed this very much.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Nice tutorial mate! I’ve bookmarked it for future references! You really made it look easy
Cheers!
July 14th, 2008 at 1:10 am
You certainly know your way around Photoshop! Nicely done.