Digital Smoke

A quick way to make backgrounds more interesting, you can alter the strength of the final image by adjusting opacity and colours according to your needs.

Step 1

Open up a new image and floofill it black using the paint bucket.

Step 2

Next, go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Make the Amount 400, and make sure Uniform and Monochromatic are selected, then press Ok.

Step 3

Now go to Filter > Texture > Patchwork, and change your settings to these:

Step 4

Go to Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges and use these settings:

Step 5

Press D on your keyboard, then go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds, and then press Ctrl on your keyboard and hold down whilst you press F to repeat. Do this as many times as you like until you get the effect you want.

Step 6

Colourise and you’re done: