Forum: Photoshop


Subject: Looking for tutorials for clouds or mountains?

Satoshi05 opened this issue on Dec 29, 2001 ยท 3 posts


Satoshi05 posted Sat, 29 December 2001 at 5:21 PM

Hi I'm just wondering if any of you know of any good tutorials on how to make realistic looking clouds or mountains in photoshop. I'm not looking for the render clouds or difference clouds in Photoshop, more like fluffy thick clouds. For mountains I'm just looking for how to paint something that looks like real rock ^_^;;; yeah I like doing things the hard way.


dreamer101 posted Sat, 29 December 2001 at 6:56 PM

You can do so much more with Bryce on mountains and clouds. In Photoshop, if you are looking for fluffy thick clouds the easy way, you can use the Alien Skin's Xenofex Plug-ins for Photoshop called Little Fluffy Clouds. But that is the easy way. This is a stone texture tutorial that gives good effects for details on mountain. Stone Texture


wonderzombie posted Tue, 22 January 2002 at 9:23 AM

If you want to do it in a way that actually requires talent (ie. not just automatic filters and whatnot), you could do this: Make a new layer for the clouds. Airbrush them in white. Use the smudge tool to blend them (adding fluff). Alternately, paint the entire layer black. Change the blending mode to "Screen". Use the Dodge tool set to "shadows" . Fluffify with the smudge tool. Dodge the highlights for added brightness in the front which will help add depth. Mountains. New layer. Draw the shape of the mountains with the paintbrush tool in black or dark gray. Lock the transparency on the layer. Now switch to white. Bring your brush opacity down to around 15 or 20%. Go over the dark shapes with a few different natural-ish brushes. Continue until you've drawn the mountains to your satisfaction. Unlock the transparency and adjust the blending as needed.