How Photoshop makes the flowing smoke

The smoke looks simple, but it contains a lot of tiny fumes. When making the smoke can be decomposed first, and then slowly from the bottom of the production, complex areas can be more than a few layers.

Final effect

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1, first of all, we have to make the right part of the smoke, need to complete the effect of the following figure.

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2, a new width of 1200 * High 1000 pixels, resolution of 72 of the canvas, background filled with black. Create a new group, create a new layer in the group, first use a pen to check the selection shown in the following figure, feather 2 pixels and fill the dark blue: #6E8DA9, as shown below.

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3. Add layer masks to the current layer, as shown below.

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4, in the mask state, use a pen to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 15 pixels and then fill the selection part black, the following figure.

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5, a new layer, press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, with a pen to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 3 pixels after the fill blue-gray: #A09FA4, the following figure.

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