making smoke with photoshop?

[skirtigo]

can someone tell me if this style:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-2195100-smoke.php
www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7193273-band-colored.php

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2618177

are actual photos, or did someone make them in photoshop? I've looked for smoke photoshop tutorials but none look this good or '

Comments

[kadenza]

Actually, to me they both look like dye or paint that has been dropped into water (and then the image turned 180 degrees).

[charlycrash]

Yeah, smoke tends to dissipate faster than that.

Alternatively: try taking a photo of some against a black background, invert.

[skirtigo]

try this link
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2618177
the creator just calls them "smoke like abstract lines".. what do you think the origin of the shape is, or was it created in ps?

[skirtigo]

try this link
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2618177
the creator just calls them "smoke like abstract lines".. what do you think the origin of the shape is, or was it created in ps?

[yo_sarrian]

I've done some playing with smoke photography. That's DEFINITELY smoke. Someone just monkey'd with it in Photoshop a bit. I used a great tutorial to get there a while ago.

This isn't the one I used before, but this has the basics: http://paxtonprints.com/index.php?x=smoke

Also, this one for the color-on-white look: http://photocritic.org/artsmoke-photographing-smoke/

Good luck! Post the results :)

[skirtigo]

wow, that's a great link - I'll have to try it. Maybe I'll buy some incense sticks this weekend :D

[cernunosdragon]

I have also seen people create that effect with the Liquify filter.

Tutorial here: http://abduzeedo.com/creating-smoke

[toto_nz_id]

Yeah, in my opinion those images were generated digitally, no reference to reality.

[llbreedll]

this may be way more hassle than you're willing to deal with, but in the past i've had success making smoke effects using fractal renderings (i use apophysis) to get a wispy, amorphous look, and then modifying bits and pieces in photoshop to look like smoke, and combining the pieces.