Really, you just need some smoke stock images or brushes. Set them into separate layers in Screen blending mode. Use free transform and warp to bend them into shape. Top it off by painting colors in to each layer (maybe use a new layer set to color blending and use the smoke layer to create a clipping mask), and paint on some colors, maybe followed with a strong gaussian blur.
BOUDOIR wrote: theres a lot of maybe's there... anyone know if this is a simple program brush smoke paint of some sort? prob not photoshop...??
The reason there's a lot of "maybe's" there is becomes there are numerous ways of producing that image or one very similiar. Without asking the original artist, suggested possibilities is about as good as it gets.
well it looks to sharp to me a ps blend of sorts especially with the lines of the heart and whatnot... so it definitely looks like a different program with filter of some sort and a heart masking of sorts... i figured someone here on mm digital art/retouch etc would know what they are talking about or have seen this... so those maybes are not on point... couldn't be made that way... it could but it would have taken a long time to find the right pieces and fit them together... and there are balance decisions that were made that seem to be calculated b some random program
Perhaps this tutorial helps
In the above posted image it was done with a red/blue gradient on top set to "color" and another flame heart on top with slightly more uneven lines, in the natural color, set to screen mode.
BOUDOIR wrote: well it looks to sharp to me a ps blend of sorts especially with the lines of the heart and whatnot...
I'm not sure I understand why its sharpness would suggest it was not done in photoshop...?
i figured someone here on mm digital art/retouch etc would know what they are talking about or have seen this...
Yes, and some of us have done things like this... in Photoshop, or GIMP, or Corel Paint, etc.
so those maybes are not on point... couldn't be made that way... it could but it would have taken a long time to find the right pieces and fit them together...
The maybes are there, as someone else pointed out, because there are numerous approaches to the subject. As for fitting the bits together, I suggested the free transform and warp tools. You can use those on multiple layers of smoke, plus masking, to fit the pieces together.
If the complaint is that it takes too long to make something like this, maybe you're better off finding what you need premade on a image stock site? Don't think I'm being facetious; really, if you don't have the time, find some free stock or brushes. I don't think there's a quick and easy solution otherwise.
Andreea Cernestean wrote: Perhaps this tutorial helps
In the above posted image it was done with a red/blue gradient on top set to "color" and another flame heart on top with slightly more uneven lines, in the natural color, set to screen mode.
Jacob Davis wrote: If the complaint is that it takes too long to make something like this, maybe you're better off finding what you need premade on a image stock site? Don't think I'm being facetious; really, if you don't have the time, find some free stock or brushes. I don't think there's a quick and easy solution otherwise.
BOUDOIR wrote: well it looks to sharp to me a ps blend of sorts especially with the lines of the heart and whatnot...
I'm not sure I understand why its sharpness would suggest it was not done in photoshop...?
i figured someone here on mm digital art/retouch etc would know what they are talking about or have seen this...
Yes, and some of us have done things like this... in Photoshop, or GIMP, or Corel Paint, etc.
The maybes are there, as someone else pointed out, because there are numerous approaches to the subject. As for fitting the bits together, I suggested the free transform and warp tools. You can use those on multiple layers of smoke, plus masking, to fit the pieces together.
If the complaint is that it takes too long to make something like this, maybe you're better off finding what you need premade on a image stock site? Don't think I'm being facetious; really, if you don't have the time, find some free stock or brushes. I don't think there's a quick and easy solution otherwise.
actually i was looking for more of the types of answers that i finally received here..sometimes a little push helps a lot..
actually i was looking for more of the types of answers that i finally received here..sometimes a little push helps a lot..
There are also a number of special effects fire simulation plugins for programs like 3DS Max/Maya/Softimage/etc that will let you create fully animate-able 3d fire (with or without smoke) in all sorts of shapes and configurations.
Robert LC
Posts: 944
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
BOUDOIR wrote: theres a lot of maybe's there... anyone know if this is a simple program brush smoke paint of some sort? prob not photoshop...??
BOUDOIR wrote: well it looks to sharp to me a ps blend of sorts especially with the lines of the heart and whatnot... so it definitely looks like a different program with filter of some sort and a heart masking of sorts...
BOUDOIR wrote: actually i was looking for more of the types of answers that i finally received here..sometimes a little push helps a lot..
BOUDOIR wrote: well it looks to sharp to me a ps blend of sorts especially with the lines of the heart and whatnot... so it definitely looks like a different program with filter of some sort and a heart masking of sorts... i figured someone here on mm digital art/retouch etc would know what they are talking about or have seen this... so those maybes are not on point... couldn't be made that way... it could but it would have taken a long time to find the right pieces and fit them together... and there are balance decisions that were made that seem to be calculated b some random program
It looks like it was done in Photoshop. It doesn't matter what program was use if you don't know how to work it you wont get the same result. It is not a one click thing.
It looks like it was done in Photoshop. It doesn't matter what program was use if you don't know how to work it you wont get the same result. It is not a one click thing.
For 20 USD, that application may not be a bad replacement for my normal brushes + stock. If it can generate something comparable at the resolutions I need, I might try it. I don't see a demo though. Thanks for the link.
Edit: found the demo. Will have to try it out when I get home.
Robert Beyer
Posts: 159
Wolverine Lake, Michigan, US
TKPhotos wrote:
There are also a number of special effects fire simulation plugins for programs like 3DS Max/Maya/Softimage/etc that will let you create fully animate-able 3d fire (with or without smoke) in all sorts of shapes and configurations.
I would be tempted to agree with this. I've seen incredible graphics done in like , say Blender or Carrara which are both free I think. I'm always trying to mix real and surreal in future projects. Still following the long learning curve at this point.
Robert LC
Posts: 944
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
TKPhotos wrote: There are also a number of special effects fire simulation plugins for programs like 3DS Max/Maya/Softimage/etc that will let you create fully animate-able 3d fire (with or without smoke) in all sorts of shapes and configurations.
Robert Beyer wrote: I would be tempted to agree with this. I've seen incredible graphics done in like , say Blender or Carrara which are both free I think. I'm always trying to mix real and surreal in future projects. Still following the long learning curve at this point.
Hmm, to be honest, it's generally more difficult to create realistic fire with cgi than by using..real fire lol
Seriously, these images can be, and most likely are, made by using real stock (brushes) and some coloring.
Try to dissect the image.
What do you really see, not what does the final image looks like, but what are the elements?
1) You see thick cloudy smoke, colored magenta/deep red on one side and blue/violet on the other.
2) You see whiffs of smoke and flames, shaped into a heart.
3) You see fire ember.
Can you find these elements, in photographs or even brushes?
Yes
Can you color this in photoshop?
Yes (hue/saturation on 'colorize' setting or paint with color on a layer set to..'color' (or screen, depending on the contrast of your sourcefiles).
Peano
Posts: 3,747
Washington, District of Columbia, US
BOUDOIR wrote: theres a lot of maybe's there... anyone know if this is a simple program brush smoke paint of some sort? prob not photoshop...??
It isn't a matter of what program. It's a matter of how to do it within a program. Photoshop can do it all ... with smoke brushes, puppet warp, and the usual color tools (hue/sat, selective color, curves, etc.).
Hmm, to be honest, it's generally more difficult to create realistic fire with cgi than by using..real fire lol
Seriously, these images can be, and most likely are, made by using real stock (brushes) and some coloring.
Try to dissect the image.
What do you really see, not what does the final image looks like, but what are the elements?
1) You see thick cloudy smoke, colored magenta/deep red on one side and blue/violet on the other.
2) You see whiffs of smoke and flames, shaped into a heart.
3) You see fire ember.
Can you find these elements, in photographs or even brushes?
Yes
Can you color this in photoshop?
Yes (hue/saturation on 'colorize' setting or paint with color on a layer set to..'color' (or screen, depending on the contrast of your sourcefiles).
| 
| 
| edu