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Creating a Stunning Digital Smoke Effect

November 05, 2007

My very first tutorial for the PSDTUTS.com has been published. It is, again, about how to create a digital smoke in Photoshop. However this time I’m using a bit of Illustrator.

Actually some people said it does not look like a smoke at all, but what I was trying to produce was an effect like those smoke photos taken using macro, pretty abstract design, the same the image I use for the header here in my blog.

The best thing is that this technique is fully customizable, that means you can create any sort of shape for your smoke. That makes this tutorials very useful, and, besides that it is a very easy and quick way to create abstract designs.

The link for the tutorial is at:

http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/creating-a-stunning-digital-smoke-effect/

I will be writing more Photoshop tutorials for the PSDTUTS.com, however I will keep blogging here about other tools like GIMP, ILLUSTRATOR, PIXELMATOR and PHOTOSHOP as well. So let me know if you have any question or requests for tutorials.

Digital Smoke using Photoshop

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My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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8 Comments

Anonymous02/15/2009

i cant do this on ps3, the option is not showing in the tool box, with illustrator i know its possible, but with ps3 not, i think?

advise?

OZA

tinyhearts_0201/08/2009

hello everyone am abhishek

Anonymous07/29/2008

I was laughing today as I was browsing the web and I came across your smoke effect in use in the "wild"

http://logosdesign.blogspot.com

Someone liked it very much, apparently. :)

ahnShev07/10/2008

Nice. I like it. :)

wal03/12/2008

Hi,

I'm thinking about to buy Pixelmator and looking around for some great tutorials. So I found this side and I'm very impressed about these tutorials for Pixelmator. Now I have the same question like Silla - is there a way to do the same great stuff in Pixelmator?

Thank you very much for your help in advance. - wal

Silla01/21/2008

Wow, this effect really IS stunning! Unfortunately Photoshop is way too expensive for me. Is it possible to do something like this in Pixelmator or Gimp?

As for Pixelmator (or Gimp) tutorial requests, anything you make would be great! There aren't many tutorials around for them, especially Pixelmator :(

Felipe Spina11/06/2007

Cool!!!
Congratulations!!!!

Varun11/06/2007

hey,

looked at all your work. amazing.
I was wondering, if you know how to create an "Human Torch" effect. like in the movie "fantastic four". if you can help me, my email is "mastervirgo@hotmail.com"
Thanks in advance.

- Varun

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