Return to Photoshop and set the blending mode to Color Dodge to intensify the magical appearance of the effect Step 12 Use the Underwater Waves brush from the Smoke and Steam pack to add another textured effect to the magical waves the ship is riding on. Return to Photoshop and set this layer’s blending mode to Screen, reduce the Opacity to 49%, then add a layer mask and use a gradient on it to fade the effect out so it appears to dissipate in the distance. Use the Debris brush again to create a trialing path from the ship curling its way into the distance. When you return to Photoshop, set this layer to Lighter Color and reduce the Opacity to 79% Use the Debris brush from the Starter pack to add a bit of chaotic light effects over the ship. Use the Flame brush from the Starter pack to add a few licks of green flame near the tops of the masts and the head of the ship. Use this to add wispy vapor trails to front of the bow and the ends of the crossbeams. In the Smoke and Steam brush pack there’s a Windblown brush. The rest of the particle effects in this tutorial will be done using this option. To continue adding effects that are isolated onto individual layers, launch the Particle Shop plugin again, but this time use the Duplicate visible layers below and merge with active layer option. Change the layer name to Green Smoke, set the blending mode to Screen and reduce the Opacity to 75%. One of the biggest benefits to having the effects isolated on a separate layer is that they can be easily manipulated with the other tools in Photoshop. Select the Save only brushstrokes option and the program will generate the effects on a separate layer in Photoshop, leaving your original image untouched. Then use large, circular strokes to create the “waves” along the side of the shipĬlick the Save button and Particle Shop prompts you with a choice. The faster and longer the brush strokes, the more wispy the smoke will appear. Use either the mouse, or a pressure sensitive tablet (which is preferred) to draw out long tendrils of green smoke trailing from the cross sections of the mast. Open the starter image in Photoshop and then make sure the ParticleShop plugin is activated (Window > Extensions > ParticleShop) Launch the plugins panel and choose the Duplicate active layer option.įrom the Starter pack select the Smoke brush and use the color selector to use a bright, ghostly green color. We explore several of the additional brush packs just for inspiration, but a very similar effect can still be achieved with just the Starter Pack.
This tutorial also uses the ParticleShop plugin. The starter image is a composite of a nighttime shot of Paris found here ( ) and an old US naval vessel found here ( ) We are starting with the composited image because the focus of this tutorial is creating those very cool special effects! Grab this image as a starter image if you like The resources you need for this tutorial are the FloatingShipStarterImage.jpg.
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Plus the development team at Painter continues to create new brush packs to fill out the library.
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The software ships with a starter pack of 11 brushes, but several more themed brush packs are available to add on. One of the most exciting Photoshop plugins to come out in years is the Painter ParticleShop plugin that makes it easy to add brilliant special effects with an assortment of pressure sensitive brushes. Create a magical flying ship with Photoshop and the ParticleShop plugin