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Smoke/Steam

This effect was generated in Filter Forge, a Photoshop plugin that allows you to create your own filters.

Author: Mousewrites

Filter Details

Description

Smoke/Steam creates three variable layers of smoke or steam. Apply it on a background image, or on a solid background. Steam is additive and all white; Smoke is normal but contains grey pixels as well.

Back Layer – Thick Steam at the bottom, dispersing at the top.
Big Billows – Uniformly sized large billows of steam
Small Steam Columns – Vertical shafts of steam.

All three have roughness controls that modify the bottom (origin) of the steam. As steam dissipates, it loses definition, which is why the roughness sliders affect the bottom more than the top.

Size slider breaks this one mightily.

Keywords

Smoke, steam, fire, water, noise, steampunk

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Filter Controls

  • Back layer Steam
  • Back Layer Roughness
  • Billows Roughness
  • Big Billows
  • Small steam Columns
  • Small Col. Roughness
  • Image Background
  • Smoke instead