How to create fog with Photoshop?

6 years 7 months ago #536188 by Happy Snapper
I'm trying to create a artificial fog on a set of wedding photos for a client.  My attempts don't look all too convincing.  Any good tips on how to create realistic looking fog with Photoshop?  

Thanks in advance

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6 years 7 months ago #536244 by Shadowfixer1
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6 years 7 months ago #536709 by cfdesigns
I use fog or cloud brushes (like the ones from www.brusheezy.com/free/fog ) to add fog to my photos.  Then I can decrease or increase the opacity until I get the effect that I want or blend it using screen or overlay or one of the other blends.  Sometimes, I will use a gaussian blur to add a little more softness  to it.  If I am adding more than one color to give it depth, I put each color on a separate layer and work from dark to light.  


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6 years 7 months ago #536713 by Ian Stone

cfdesigns wrote: I use fog or cloud brushes (like the ones from www.brusheezy.com/free/fog ) to add fog to my photos.  Then I can decrease or increase the opacity until I get the effect that I want or blend it using screen or overlay or one of the other blends.  Sometimes, I will use a gaussian blur to add a little more softness  to it.  If I am adding more than one color to give it depth, I put each color on a separate layer and work from dark to light.  



Good tip, what type of layer blend will you use here?


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6 years 7 months ago #536981 by cfdesigns
Usually I use an overlay or a soft light. Sometimes I just decrease the opacity. Depends on what look I am going for.


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6 years 7 months ago #537309 by neal722
try the anti-haze filter set to a negative value. Depending on the photo, you may need to apply it more than once.


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