How To Draw Smoke In Photoshop

Some fourth dimension ago I had posted an commodity showing how to create a smoke effect in photoshop, and to attain that I used a photo of smoke and some photoshop filters. However, some people had said at the time that I should have washed the fume as well and it´southward exactly what I volition evidence on this post right now.

I had previously thought about what would be the all-time way to create smoke in photoshop, and I've read some tutorials online and watched some episodes of the astonishing pixelPerfect podcast, to find a good and like shooting fish in a barrel solution for the affair at hand.

Actually it was easier than I had expected.

ane - Create some Shapes: I created some random shapes.

Create some random shapes

2 - Apply a Gaussian blur on each shape

Create some random shapes

3 - Using the liquify filter

Create some random shapes

4 - Positioning the shapes

Create some random shapes

5 - Adding some colors

Use the Hue/Saturation with the colorize selected to add some colors
Add a background color on the layer of the shape, otherwise the Hue/Saturation won't work

6 - Creating a deject behind the fume

Creating the cloud
Set a feather with a high value, like 40 to lxxx, and after that apply the hue/saturation on the cloud as well

7 - Adding a gradient to create an temper

Create some random shapes
The slope will requite a atmosphere and more depth to the prototype

Terminal Outcome

Create some random shapes

The whole process took me nearly thirty to twoscore minutes tops, it'south pretty elementary, although it can be quite difficult to create a natural smoke with the liquify filter, the all-time thing to do is to play with the brushes and with the tools to reach the desired effect.