Here you will be taught how to create a relistic smoke effect with Photoshop. Before you start you should know this effect requires alot of guessing and trial and error to make it look good.
Artificial metal effects are, without a doubt, extremely popular amongst all Photoshop users. Its not hard to work out why, of course, because the spectacular results often speak for themselves. It stands to reason, therefore, that there are also many different ways to achieve similar results, some more suited to certain tasks than others. My technique is rather unique in that it uses ONLY layer effects, and nothing else.
Among the most popular questions asked by newbies about Photoshop compatible plugins are:
Where do I install a plugin and how do I load it afterwards?..
Creating photorealistic scenes is one of the hardest tasks of the apprentice designer, and its made all the more difficult by the fact that nature itself is very complex & hard to replicate. The human brain is remarkably perceptive, and can detect if a scene looks wrong, even if the conscious mind can't pinpoint the problem. One of the most common mistakes is omitting or creating unrealistic reflections. The aim of this tutorial is to show a simple technique for creating realistic reflections in Photoshop.
This is an advanced Photoshop tutorial, which will show you how to create a plastic texture on text, buttons or icons, using a combination of lighting effects, and the Screen blending mode.
