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Toxic Smoke Effect

Irene — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:26:27 +0000

We will apply toxic smoke to an image. I’ve tried this effect in many images, some of which ended up looking really toxic, like the one I will create today.

Open he image. It is recommendable that you apply this effect in a sunset image.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Press D to reset the color palette to black and white.

Apply ((Filter))-((Render))-((Clouds)).

Now ((Filter))-((Render))-((Difference Clouds)). Press Ctrl + F 5 times to repeat the effect.

Change the layer style to ((Overlay)).

Duplicate the layer 5 times (Ctrl + J).

Then select all the layers but the original one, right click the name of one of them, and select ((Merge Layers)) from the drop down menu.

Change the layer style to ((Overlay)).

In the following image you will see that the smoke is in front of the houses. With ((Erase Tool)), erase it so that the smoke looks like it’s over the houses.

This is the final result.

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Creating the Smoke of a Phosphorus

Irene — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:26:25 +0000

There are several tutorials about how to create smoke over the internet. The following technique is not only simple, but it is also different to the rest.

Open the image.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Choose white as the main color.

Select ((Brush Tool)): 65px, ((Hardnesss)): 10%. Draw the silhouette of the smoke.

Now go to ((Filter))-((Liquify)), and choose ((Twirl Clockwise Tool)). Deform the smoke as much as you consider it appropriate.

Finally, go to ((Filter))-((Blur))-((Gaussean Blur)).

This will be the smoke effect.