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teddc
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
Posts: 389
Location: Belmont North Australia
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 Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject: Creating Realistic Clouds |
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I found the best size settings for these type of clouds to be 6"x4" at 150 dpi.
1. Set foreground color to black, background color to white.
2. Background layer: filter/render/clouds.
3. Create a new layer: filter/render/difference clouds.
4. Set this new layer to color burn.
5. Create a new adjustment layer with a gradient of blue to white.
6. Beneath this layer create another layer and fill with a gradient blend of blue to white.
7. Set this layer to screen blending mode at about 70% opacity.
That’s about it.
Play around with the settings until you come up with something that you like or better still use a stock image of clouds.
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Proprius
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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A miracle! The "Render Clouds" function is actual used to make clouds  |
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BuzWeaver
Joined: 09 Apr 2005
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Location: Atlanta, GA - USA
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Nice! |
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<aazumak>
Joined: 22 Mar 2005
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Location: rhode island
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didnt know real clouds were possible... |
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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This is certainly better than just applying the Clouds filter with blue and white, and this method would work for some applications. Still, I think the only way to get truly photorealistic clouds is to actually paint them by hand (digitally or with real paint). And I stink at that, so I can't help you there. 
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Well, I don't really stink at it anymore. Just buy a graphics tablet and give it lots of practice.
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BryanDowning
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
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Location: California, USA
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There's some pretty neat cloud brush sets out there as well. This technique is pretty sweet though.
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Jersey Hacker
Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Location: Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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You could probably use that tutorial to make some pretty good smoke effects aswell
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Digital painting is the way to go, I'm telling you. It's so much fun and so much more versatile than just layering filters. 
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lasa
Joined: 08 Aug 2005
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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teddc if your avatar is any indication... this is the closest your going to get to a cloud! Make many enjoy them...
Good looking clouds..the tuts a keeper!
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