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Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real

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Aug 17th inPhoto EffectsbyJames Davies

Learn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a fe other tric!s to ma!e smo!e loo! li!e as!ull" This techni#ue has a variety of outcomes and or!s ell ith ater$ clouds and ahole bunch of other stuff" This is probably more for intermediate users$ as % guide youthrough the process ell$ but not every Warp &rid point handle move" Let's get started(

Author: James Davies

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3ur video editor &avin ,teelehas created this video tutorial to compliment this te4t 5image tutorial"
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Image Assets

,mo!er+ from my personal collection

,!ull+ thanks to Martin $an" %or that ,mo!e 1$,mo!e 6$ ,mo!e $ and,mo!e 8

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3pen up ,mo!erimage" %t should loo! li!e this" That's me in the photo so please !eep theabuse don to a minimum" %'ll refer to this as the or!ing document from this point on"

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3pen the ,!ullimage and dra a path around it using the Pen Tool 9set to Paths not,hape Layers:" ;oughly clone out unanted elements such as the nuts and bolts using the


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=a!e a selection from your Path 9


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3pen the ,mo!e 1image$ then clone out the cigarette using the


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Ge4t e're going to treat the s!ull" Ad.ust the Levels 9%mage ? Ad.ustments ? Levels: asshon" Then select the


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Don't orry about being too accurate$ it should ta!e you a minute" Then desaturate the,!ull 9%mage ? Ad.ustments ? Desaturate: and apply a &loing Edges filter 9>ilter ?,tyli*e ? &loing Edges: as shon"


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,elect C


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3pen the ,mo!e 6image" %nvert the image 9%mage ? Ad.ustments ? %nvert: so the smo!eis hite and the bac!ground is blac!" Then copy and paste it into the or!ing document$and name the layer C,=3E"C

,elect the Dodge Tool 9set it to highlights ith an e4posure of 1HB: and run it up theright+hand side a fe times"


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Ise the >ree Transform Tool to resi*e$ but don't commit the changes" %nstead go to Edit ?Transform ? Warp and ad.ust the Warp grid as shon belo" 2ou need to do it this ayso that the Warp grid fits your graphic as you've resi*ed and rotated it" 2ou canmanipulate the handles$ the grid points and drag anyhere ithin each grid s#uare" GoFurn to blend any hard+edges of the smo!e"

We ant to enhance the features of the s!ull so$ still using the Furn Tool$ use a soft edgedbrush to stamp on the eye area$ but then ramp the brush hardness up to around 7B"Duplicate the C,=3E copy$C then use the >ree Transform Tool to resi*e and rotate it tofit the .a of the s!ull" Fefore you commit the Transform$ go to Edit ? Transform ? Warpto bring up the arp grid$ then manipulate as shon belo"


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Go that the s!ull is beginning to ta!e shape$ e can add other patterns of smo!e to it"&et the ,mo!e image and open it" Desaturate$ copy and paste it into your or!ingdocument"


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Go the s!ull is ready for some lighter$ ispier areas of smo!e$ hich should addrealism to it" Donload the ,mo!e 8image and open it up" @ave your or!ing documentindo open to the side and identify hich parts of the image can be used and here"

,elect a portion of the smo!e ith the Polygonal Lasso Tool$ then copy and paste it intothe or!ing document" ree transform$ Warp and Furnas you did before"
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eep building the s!ull shape using duplicates of the same smo!e assets e've beenusing up until no" Don't forget to use all the tools e've been using along the ay Furnany hard edges or any patches of detail you ish to get rid of" >lip$ rotate and resi*e areasof smo!e" Ise the layer opacity to create thinner smo!e as it disperses" %t should beloo!ing roughly li!e the image belo by this point"


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To ma!e the ne4t couple of steps easier it's best to flatten all your smo!e layers 9selectthem all in the layers palette and go to Layer ? =erge Layers:" 3nce that's done$ you'llneed to change the layer blend mode bac! to ,creen" Ise the Furn Tool to burn out areasin hich the s!ull has features"

,itch the Furn Tool's e4posure beteen ,hados$ =idtones and @ighlights as needed"Try not to over burn any area$ as this ill damage the pi4els" % find the best ay to avoidthis is to stamp the tool don$ rather than dragging the cursor" Turn the C,ILLC layeron for reference if needed"


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@ide all your smo!e layers and select the C,ILLC layer" 2ou should have a hite!eyline around the s!ull$ hich is a by+product of running the &loing Edges >ilter" Isethe Eraser Tool to remove this" A fairly small brush ith a B @ardness and 1B3pacity and flo ould be best"

Turn any smo!e layers visibility bac! on$ select the C,ILLC layer and apply Levels9%mage ? Ad.ustments ? Levels: as shon" This should add detail to the features of thes!ull"


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Go e need to better blend in the features" Ising the same smo!e assets 9% used,mo!e6and ,mo!e : and the same techni#ues$ position smaller bits of smo!e over !ey areas ofdetail" ,ee ho the smo!e seems to come off of the teeth and nose$ this ill really fusethe details ith the smo!e"
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,elect the CFac!groundC layer 9should be the smo!er:$ then go to Layer ? GeAd.ustment Layer ?


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Con0lusion

Et oila( %'ve added a bit of post to the final image$ a vignette$ @igh Pass filter and someother tric!s % usually do to finish an image 9PLI, users chec!C,=3ELA2E;EDP3,T"P,DC:"

%t's orth mentioning that % duplicated the C,ILLC layer and deleted all but the teetharea$ as % didn't thin! it as strong enough" % also tea!ed the Ad.ustment Layers3pacities until completely satisfied in attempt to soften the noisy source photograph$hich % must apologi*e for" 2ou may ant to ta!e your on photos anyay"


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