Give it a name and click on to make a new brush. Using the rectangular marquee tool, make a selection around the brush shape you have created. Switch between black and white and create a half round looking shape that is a little irregular and soft edged. It can be on a new layer, or on the background, it doesn’t matter. File>NewĬhoose a soft round brush, turn opacity and flow to 100.ĭab to create a roundish shape. To make a brush, first start with a white canvas. How to make a cloud brush, smoke brush in Photoshop The video shows the brush work much better and explains it in detail. As you paint on the layer mask, you will mask away the smoke in the areas that you want to reduce it.

If you want to separate your objects from the smoke, apply a layer mask.Ĭlick on new layer mask in the Layers panel.Ĭhange the foreground color to black and keep using the cloud brush. Varying the tones (grays and white) will give more depth. If you are using a Pressure sensitive tablet such as a Wacom, Choose Shape dynamics to change the size with pen pressure and also Transfer to use Pen pressure for opacity.ĭrop the flow to around 10% an Opacity to 15-20%.Īpply the brush, dabbing, rather than dragging to preserve more texture.Ĭhoose white and add more smoke. This step is optional, but if you seperate the subject from the background, you can also apply smoke behind the subject. You can grab a set of brushes at /vault or Make your own (later on in this tutorial)

Tip: Double click the brushes you downloaded to load them into Photoshop. Then in the second part, I’ll show you how to make them. We are going to start with using the brushes, because some people will have already downloaded them and want to learn how to use them. To really see the brush in action, the video will show this the best. Learning how to make brushes, is a useful skill in Photoshop. If you would rather just download the brushes, grab them here. You will also learn how to make the brushes. This Photoshop tutorial shows you how to make Smoke and steam with Photoshop Brushes. Make Smoke in Photoshop, and steam, fog, clouds etc.

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