Creating Realistic Smoke in Photoshop

1) Create a new flash document of any size and fill the background layer black.
Insert a new layer by selecting Layer > New > Layer and then click ok.

2) Select the brush tool with a grey colour and an appropriate brush size and paint a random shape like below:

3) Now select Filter > Distort > Wave. Click the randomize button and then ok.

Select Edit > Fade Wave and then change the opacity to 50% and click ok.

Repeat step 3 until you get something that looks like smoke. You might have to repeat this step about 10 times.

After this whole process, you’ll have a realistic smoke effect like this.

Tags: smoke effect