Realistic Cloud Texture

The render clouds filter in Photoshop can come in really handy at times for basing your effects on - and while it obviously does produce a ‘cloud’ effect, it’s not a very nice way to present some realistic looking clouds.

I’ve figured out a cheat’s way to produce your own cloud textures - its really easy and it saves you a lot of time!!

1. Open a new 500×500 image. Go to Filter>Render Clouds.
2. Go to Filter>Brush Strokes>Spatter:

3. Go to Filter>Stylize>Wind:

4. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur:


Adjust depending on what looks best.

5. Go to Image>Adjustments>Levels and play around with the settings. I usually try and make it a bit lighter, but if you’re going for the stormy raincloud look, feel free:P
6. Go to Brightness>Contrast and again play around. Finally, go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturatiom. Check colorize and adjust to a light blue colour. This is what I came up with:


Play around. Experiment with the different image adjustments!

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• Smoky Twirls

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