smoke trail

[scorpion]

i am tryin to make a smoke trail on the PSD i want the smoke to be sort of on the path that its currently on but i want the smoke to be goin about 80%trans or pale white by the pic on the right to really pale white (10-15%trans on left)
so it looks like the smoke is dissapearing

can somone have a look and tell me what to do plz? or have a go and try to help

 

[kiwi]

This very rough,but something like this?



What you do is paint your path you want the way you want,dont worry if its soild.Now load the paths transparency,make a new layer and select the grdient tool and foreground to transparent,now drag from right to left and the smoke will falloff at the left side


Stu.

 

[scorpion]

cool just so i know how did u make a curved path like that? i've always used the polygonal lasso tool or lasso tool i can nvr get them curved like that

thanks again

 

[kiwi]

I used the free form lassoo myself.You could make a path and stroke it as well.



Stu.

 

[docilebob]

Is this *smokier* ?

If this is what you meant, I used kiwi`s psd and a soft edged Smudge tool and smeared it around. For more detph, you can duplicate the original and smear it different ways, and adjust opacities.

 

[wbiss]

docilebob: For more detph, you can duplicate the original and smear it different ways, and adjust opacities.

Great advice, db!