Wallpaper of the Week by Francois Hoang
The wallpaper of this week is a cool image created by our Editor François Hoang over at Abduzeedo.
03.21.07
I had previously thought about what would be the best way to create smoke in photoshop, and I’ve read some tutorials online and watched some episodes of the amazing pixelPerfect podcast, to find a good and easy solution for the matter at hand.
Actually it was easier than I had expected.
Add a background color on the layer of the shape, otherwise the Hue/Saturation won't work
Set a feather with a high value, like 40 to 80, and after that apply the hue/saturation on the cloud too
The gradient will give a atmosphere and more depth to the image
The whole process took me about 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 the tools to achieve the desired effect.