> Hi Richard > > Just what I was thinking of, if the background is to be dark on the final > shot then it should be fairly easy to strip in previously shot stem using > layer properties etc. Only thing is, today the client sent me a revised > visual showing the steam as a more 'illustrated' look, I spent 5 mins in PS > and managed to come up with something close to what they want, I used the > magic lasso to create the steam 'curley / wispy' shape, feathered the > selection a little, filled with white, used a bit of Liquify filter, copied > the layer, made a layer mask on each layer, brushed out with various > opacities of brush parts of the steam, finally adjusted later opacity and > dragged if over the visual that the client sent. Looks quite funky if I may > say so! > > many thanks > > Darrin Jenkins
If you can get away without even shooting the steam, all the better! Hope it goes well. Regards Richard =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
