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Posted on 24/08/12 10:36:00 AM |
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salfordnurse
Intensive Illustrator Posts: 207 Reply  |
Sky Render
Hi all, I've been playing with photoshop to try and get a nice cloud effect, since the render clouds isn't the best. This is what I came up with with the render clouds filter and a few tweeks. What do you think? 
Simon  |
Posted on 24/08/12 10:54:20 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6987 Reply  |
Re: Sky Render
You're right, the Clouds filter isn’t great for creating clouds. It's not bad for basic texture, but if you're going to use this approach then you really have to paint the shadows in manually - at the bottom, not the top! |
Posted on 25/08/12 03:16:34 AM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply  |
Re: Sky Render
Hi Simon, There is a way using Different clouds to make something that looks like a (thin) cloud: 1. New empty Layer on (blue) Background 2. Hit Q and draw a cloud with a hard brush (20-40) 3. Leave Quick mask mode and feather selection (10) 4. Fill with a color 5. Filter Different clouds 6. Few times more (Ctrl»F) 7. Filter Stylize»Emboss 90/50/100 8. Inverse selection and delete 9. Blending » Screen Maybe copy this Layer Can also be applied on the whole sky (Overlay and 50% Opacity) Try Levels afterwards  |