Photoshop: Eraser Tool & Clone Stamp Tool to manipulate smoke designing

Tuesday, August 3, 2010


Learn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a few other tricks to make smoke look like a skull. This technique has a variety of outcomes and works well with water, clouds and a whole bunch of other stuff. This is probably more for intermediate users, as I guide you through the process well, but not every Warp Grid point handle move. Before we go on you might have below image ready.
1- Smoker
2- Skull 
3- Smoke A
4- Smoke B
Let’s get started!
Open up Smoker image. It should look like this.

Just create new document with size 544 px (W) x 600 px (H) resolution 300 px background in black. Cut the top smoke and keep it on side.

Open the Skull image and draw a path around it using the Pen Tool (set to Paths not Shape Layers). Roughly clone out unwanted elements such as the nuts and bolts using the Clone Stamp Tool (with a soft edged brush).


Next we’re going to treat the skull. Adjust the Levels (Image > Adjustments > Levels) as shown. Then select the Clone Stamp Tool (with a soft edged brush) and clone out the area of shadow in the eye-socket to the right-hand side.
Don’t worry about being too accurate, it should take you a minute. Then desaturate the Skull (Image > Adjustments > Desaturate) and apply a Glowing Edges filter (Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges) as shown.
Remember the first starting we cut and keep the top smoke on a side. Now use it back and re-adjust by Ctrl +  T and right click select warp and make it as seen below

Open the Smoke A image,  Invert the image (Image > Adjustments > Invert) so the smoke is white and the background is black. Then copy and paste it into the working document, and name the layer “SMOKE.”
Change the layer blending mode to Screen. Finally copy the Layer (Layer > Duplicate layer).
And now it is time to start using your Eraser Tool. Just transform your smoke and right click and to select warp. Again just use your eraser tool to design on the smoke. Follow step by step of the below image.
Now the skull is ready for some lighter, wispier areas of smoke, which should add realism to it. Download the Smoke B image and open it up. Change the layer blending mode to Screen.
Keep copy one be one of this smoke work with eraser tool adjust it on the below option till you finish your work.

Step by step as below:

Once you have done it here is your result.
 I you might know how effective of this smoke. So KILL A CIGARETTE AND SAVE A LIFE. Have you say somethings over here yet. Drop me a comment if you have doubt. Thanks

27 comments:

mhdon-fx said...

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August 3, 2010 at 9:28 PM
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August 4, 2010 at 12:14 AM
Anonymous said...

Great info
Thanks for sharing...........

August 4, 2010 at 2:04 AM
Pente Group said...

Great Photoshop effect. Watched the tutorial on this a few months back. Very next stuff!

August 4, 2010 at 6:05 AM
Anonymous said...

wow, that's amazing and wonderful..

August 4, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Photoshop Clipping Path said...

@inspirationfeed, Yap! WPtouch very nice

August 4, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Claudy said...

Very Nice............ How Can make a Good Dsgn

August 4, 2010 at 9:09 AM
freedownloading said...

You can Claudy I believe it. When I started my first tutorial I also hardly understanding. After short while I love what I did. Subscribe by email to this comment and ask me I will reply. Thanks:)

August 4, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Nonoy said...

Nice blog, very creative. I also love the arts . hope I can also learn your the skills you apply on visual arts.

August 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM
freedownloading said...

You're welcome Nonoy.

August 5, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Anonymous said...

Sary, that's very nice. It's my first time although m not IT expert but that's great design and so creative! pisey/facebook

August 6, 2010 at 4:01 AM
freedownloading said...

Thanks Pisey I hope you enjoy this post and share..:p:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D::D:D::D:D:D:D

August 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Taufik said...

i am sorry..
my enghlish very bad..
but i understand with your intruction in this post

in Indonesia

saya minta maaf
bahasa saya sangat jelek..
tapi saya mengerti perintah-perintah dalam postingan ini.

nice post .. frien
postingan yang bagus Sob

hehehe

August 15, 2010 at 4:43 AM
freedownloading said...

Terimakaseh Taufik. I hope my Indonesian is good to you as well. :p

August 15, 2010 at 6:26 PM
marvin said...

I do food label designs. Your photoshop strategies will be of great help....

August 16, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Luke said...

wow that is great but far too complicated for me :D I am not sure I have the skills to do that

August 18, 2010 at 12:55 AM
Jenna Newbery said...

Thank you so much for this, it was exactly what I was looking for. Very much appreciated.

August 25, 2010 at 4:56 PM
fy said...

Are you kidding me, you can make this effect in Photoshop? Huwaw! Your blog is amazing. I am learning Photoshop myself, pretty much a newbie. Need it to enhance my photo. I think I'll learn a thing or two from your website.

September 6, 2010 at 9:52 PM
freedownloading said...

@fy

:p:D:)) thanks

September 6, 2010 at 11:05 PM
Health said...

I still have not managed to make a picture like that you make, maybe I should practice and keep practicing again in order to make a picture like that you have created.

September 13, 2010 at 10:56 PM
freedownloading said...

@Health
Sure my friend. I also practice this so many time and you might do it as well. Please try it up and ask me to your part of wonder. Thanks

September 13, 2010 at 10:58 PM
SummerMarketing said...

Amazing effects but true to what they are illustrating one way of getting your point across.

September 17, 2010 at 4:03 AM
Anonymous said...

nice creative disign....loved it
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September 17, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Brad said...

Very Creepy most impressive.

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December 4, 2010 at 11:25 PM
freedownloading said...

Hi I am thank you for your nice support and comments. Once thing is please do not spam here

January 20, 2011 at 1:49 AM
Daravuth said...

Nice blog and very interesting, Well done :)

March 14, 2011 at 1:31 AM
freedownloading said...

Thank you very much Daravuth. I hope you will share this post to your friends specially the Cambodian who like to design like us.

March 14, 2011 at 3:11 AM

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