Phil_rose Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Hi all, I have a shoot this afternoon and I want to add sparks and fire and smoke as in the test image I'm working on but it looks STOOPID! Can anyone offer any help or suggestions other than 'be a better artist'? I just can't seem to make it work. I have a bunch of cool brushes in these shapes. Thanks for any help you can offer! Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 16 minutes ago, Phil_rose said: Can anyone offer any help or suggestions other than 'be a better artist'? Well, you’re a better artist than I am, Phil (not that that would be difficult)! I think it might look more realistic if you were to decrease the opacity of the added elements. GRH 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Hi, First, I would say it's more difficult to add fire and smoke on this image, it would be easier on one taken at night. Perhaps you can find this tutorial helpfull: Few minutes ago, I would have said I don't have in mind images of fire in daylight... and i just remembered Notre-Dame... You'll find a lot of pic about the flames and the smoke searching for this. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Fire is generally bright - often very bright! Your fire falls in the mid range of values in your image. Fire is also a light source, so to paint it realistically you need to light everything that the fire would illuminate, and cast shadows across the object too. Fire is also translucent, as is smoke. Painting realistic fire is very hard! Painting realistic fire into a daylight photo of a complex subject like a deer is very very hard! -- Also watch some tutorials… Alfred and Wosven 2 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Get thee to Google . Grab one or more of the fire pngs (free or paid depending on your situation) and play with layering and blend modes. There are many different flavors and styles to choose from. You can also use jpgs of imagery on black backgrounds. Just use with a Screen blend. If your goal is to learn how to paint them yourself that's still the best way to get reference images to try and emulate. Glad you have some "fire" brushes.... Right tool for the right job and all. Threw this together in a minute or two with the first several images that popped up: (I doubled up on two out of the three using screen and soft light blends. Screen on the single image (the one with the black background)) Alfred and Phil_rose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Thanks for all the replies! These will be very helpful after the shoot. Phil Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/store/product/180-smoke-and-cloud-brushes/ Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Cecil said: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/store/product/180-smoke-and-cloud-brushes/ Bit rich for my blood, sadly. Thanks though! Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Not great but this was the best I managed so far. Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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