GIMP Tutorial: Smoke Effect

Take someone's face and create a smoke dispersion effect out of it.
Smoke Brushes: xresch.deviantart.com/art/22-N...
Image: pixabay.com/en/man-attorney-f...
My tutorial video for how to install these brushes: • GIMP Tutorial: Install...
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Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

[@jayviperdj]

I have just downloaded Gimp just to do this effect. What a world we live in... Gimp free, inkscspe free and Nicks tutorials free. Wow! Let that sink in. Thanks to all 3 of the above. Much appreciated guys.

[@christiancolewan]

yup apps for poor people like me haha

[@AaaaNinja]

"Make sure you have it set up so the background color is white to create a white document. Now use the paintbucket to fill it with black." Brilliant!

[@gaiaarmellin]

Went freelancer and was looking for a cheaper alternative to Photoshop. I've been an Adobe girl for the last 6 years so wasn't sure something else would be as good as that software. You totally blew my mind! THANKS A LOT for these videos, really! It feels so good to know there are alternatives out there, it makes new startings easier :)

[@DerekAbello]

Wow. I've watched a few GIMP vids. You are not only great at what you do, you have a great teacher/ video presence. Thank you for this, awesome.

[@antiquemacabre]

I just wanted to stop by and tell you that this is the very first tutorial I followed when I first downloaded GIMP almost two years ago. Because you did such an amazing job at being clear and thorough, I believed I could learn GIMP, which I thought to be an insurmountable task at the time. I had never used any kind of photo editing or digital art software before. Now I use GIMP and Inkscape (also thanks to your tutorials) daily to create designs for my home decor shop. You never know when you're going to inspire someone to try something new. Thank you for all of your wonderful tutorials.

[@K0S3K]

This is my first comment on youtube ever... I posted it because this video deserves a compliment. You have a beautiful channel with many interesting tutorials and your explanation is very smooth and consistent. Thanks.

[@LogosByNick]

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.

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Definatley

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[@LogosByNick]

My tutorial video for how to install these brushes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmqVhaprYs-Kiqc

[@YKDCF]

sucks to say but Facebook lowers the quality automatically . Best bet is exporting in Png format.

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Nick Saporito i've been searching for someone like you you're amazing really

[@hanijamal1444]

hi Im having a problem the center of the third layer is black to gray to white i can't make white to gray like you do any ideas

[@fartisart420]

can u please make an entire gimp explanation from beginning ?

[@uskasims5359]

Thank you Nick. You've been my guru for more than a year. Your teaching method is excellent.

[@contra2099]

Hello nick. I discovered your channel a few days ago, and since then I have seen 3 to 4 lives a day, the channel has an excellent content, I am seeing 3 or 4 year olds that you did and they are all of excellent quality, it shows that you are indeed a professional. Thank you very much for sharing your work. I'm from the IT infrastructure area, but I can't stop seeing what is possible to do with Gimp and inkscape. Thanks again and keep posting new videos.

[@zakyoungofficial]

I have been wanting to learn how to create this effect for an album cover. I woke up this morning and found this video on my news feed. You make fantastic content AND you also have a new subscriber! THANK YOU SO MUCH! :)

[@arisa552]

I'm just starting to use gimp as a hobby and your videos are really good. Thank you so much for sharing these resources!

[@kevb8864]

Gimp seems to have come along in recent years. I used to find it really restrictive but looking at your tutorials it shows how far it has come.

[@westicles9289]

To be fair I never found it very restrictive. I think the big thing is it's ui wasn't as clean as photoshop and the plug-ins are differently named so it can be confusing for someone used to photoshop or any other editor. They've done a great job cleaning it up and making it more user friendly over the years

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Beautiful man, you're the only one who could help me, I watched 8 videos and yours was the only one that saved me

[@st00pidn00b]

Dude I just wanna say you are helping me so much. I got screwed by my college but anyways using gimp and it being free and watching you has helped me get much better at what I wanna do

[@Nikomairi]

This was so helpful. Thank you so much for posting these awesome tutorials.

[@pezaroo1234]

perfect tutorial! as always. had fun creating this and cant wait to test it out on different pictures for fun. thank you again nick!

[@trutru831]

Love your tutorials! im amazed how fast i can produce this with just one view of this video, Thanks so much!

[@larryslemp9698]

Finally....a tutorial that has some really good technique in it!! Thank you!

[@uladzimirk9254]

Better tutorials of all. Thanks for you, Nick

[@Ender-Beats]

Amazing tutorial, incredible that after 7 years, with some little modifications, I was able to replicate this effect. Many thanks for such a clear and comprehensive tutorial!

[@ojd8428]

Take a shot every time he says "That's pretty good."

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Best drinking game ever xD

[@Coconut9795]

I can’t stop laughing every time he says it thanks to you

[@unscarred444]

Dam you ! know all I want to here is him saying that

[@rachelmenezes2583]

wow!!! that is pretty cool! I've watched the video and followed step by step ( which of course took me almost two hours, but in my defense I've never done anything like this), and I finally figure it out! came out pretty cool!!! Thanks!!! I just had to search (a lot) how to save the brushes on gimp using MacBook.....but is all good now! Thanks a bunch!

[@benjwebcke]

Your tutorial videos are the easiest to follow and well put together thanks so much

[@noe6673]

Nice video! And those things that show what you press are really good for people (like me) that don't know all the shortcuts yet, Thank you

[@fabianmarin8514]

Awesome tutorial. This is somewhat similar to the effect of Chinese ink which I like so much. First time as a newbie that I come into contact with brushes. Thanks a lot!

[@DerGrunke]

Love your Tutorials! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@redhot7190]

Thanks, Nick, I was about to give up on Gimp but you are a good teacher and I got one of these done, tho I did cheat a bit. I smudged the edges of the pic first then added my layer, lol but it looks great and now I feel I can do more and keep going thanks again

[@catllionare]

Thank you so much Nick, I found your channell today and became instant sub! You are awesome at teaching these tutorials!!! Thank you so much my friend!

[@rachelmiller3678]

Love your videos dude. They're awesome! I've learned so much!

[@glitchednova2028]

what a beautiful tutorial, exactly what i needed with little in the way of fluff!

[@caiomascarenhas2089]

cheers from brazil Nick I love your channel, yours tutorials are awesome pretty clear instructions !

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Nick, once again another brilliant video. West

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Definitely the best channel for learning inkscape and gimp, thank you for all this information.👍👍😃😃

[@jhajha297]

Great! thanks nick, your tutorial is very helpful and so easy to understandable

[@intothemaze8865]

Thanks Nick. This is a stunning effect! Thanks so much.

[@zynjnn277]

Thank You. Finally A tutorial with simple & complete instructions to follow ABC... Really would like to make a short animation with the smoke effect somehow.

[@JKhalaf]

This was amazing! Please do more GIMP tutorials

[@superlativo4420]

I love it this effect. Thanks for sharing Nick!

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Your efforts, your work,can be seen in us.

[@digitalprincesses]

Thanks to your awesome tutorial GIMP starts to make sense ;-) Thank You!

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Thank you so much for sharing all this. Great stuff!

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Awesome!!! I didn't know about your channel, I've been searching for this.

[@rblihovde]

Great video as always Nick! Someone may have already suggested this but you should make a video on how to create a simple animated GIF logo using GIMP. That'd be neat. I apologize if someone already suggested that.

[@patrykos05_47]

Really excited to try this feature out! Amazing work !

[@finrutherford340]

What a lad, great tutorial man was super helpful!

[@MicroDotTV]

Very HAPPY with this video- people with my disability (A.D.D) attention def (yea, I know phht) have a hard time remembering stuff and this video made my photo come out great, so thank you sir- very much appreciated!

[@DonStemple]

awesome sauce - never thought of the transparency trick

[@jdsgotninelives]

The last bit is really helpful. I've wanted to reproduce an image like this for a website header. Thanks

[@LogosByNick]

Awesome, good luck

[@afriendorfoe]

You are perfect at teaching! I have learned so much from you!

[@taintedkittystone]

Thanks for this tutorial! I tried this for my designing web page graphics project.

[@MsGnor]

Awesome, so moody and menacing! Love it!!! :)

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Just found your channel and it’s amazing ❤️🙌 Hope you do more GImp Videos in Future 😄

[@lythihoa7515]

Very Informative, helpful and Educational video! Thx for the tutorial man!

[@ajimbong1623]

I love ur intro and outro music... It's so cool

[@heintunzaw7911]

Thanks! I've been searching how to get it and this is brilliant :D

[@tony5444]

This video was AWESOME! Thank you for showing this effect and providing clear instructions every step of the way!

[@mattiasbjorkstedt9527]

Sleek work man! Great job!

[@thisisfine6451]

I am only learning about digital art and these brushes are kickass

[@LautiMosee]

Installed, everything works, thanks!

[@philipp.dauenhauer]

Great!! I like your tutorial style. Understandable and with no frills. Again: GREAT!! Greetings from Germany ;-)

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your tips is very helpful, i press like button, thnx...

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NICK! Happy new Year when it comes... may blessings and prosperity fill your home and life. 👊

[@LogosByNick]

Same to you!

[@BiggHardcoreGamer]

Great video. Really useful. I just used it to design my logo. Thanks

[@julian23561]

Nice and easy to follow. Thanks man. Cheers.

[@rickymicky272]

Bro this is dope AF. Thank u!

[@TradewithNihal04]

This actually helped out a lot thanks for the help

[@JeffM---]

Nice tutorial, thanks very much. I used Photoshop a lot when I had Windows but now I have Linux Mint 18.2 I am looking at GIMP.

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Just found your fab channel and subscribed. Very easy to follow thank you. Keep up your amazing work 😁😁 loving it so much..

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Nick, you're awesome.

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Love you bro!!! Excellent Work!!!

[@MrSouthmandan]

Great work, your channel is so helpful

[@nicolaprendin7075]

Thanks man, these brushes are so damn cool!!

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Sweet, nice work!

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Damn bro top tier content, I'm sure you had to visit multiple countries to produce a masterpiece like this

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Thank you man for sharing this stuff

[@Mistakenminds]

So fun to play with, Thanks man!

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Excellent video! Thank you!

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love your tutorial nick you are the best😚😚😚

[@saraha1544]

Thanks a lot for this video, it's been amazing

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Nick Thanks 4 the good works - PRO!

[@gabak9537]

Thank you! This help me with future project

[@blackscythe99]

Just subscribed to you thank you so much for these videos

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Great Tutorial!

[@tableditor7859]

Thanks Nick!

[@WizeVibez]

I've been using gimp for years now and this is the first time stumbling upon your videos, awesome work man! will definitely be taking a look at your other videos. :D I just had one question and I've used this before in my other work but i never really quite understood it, I was wondering what exactly adding a layer mask does, like why do you have to add a layer mask then apply it when you could just make a new layer?

[@dahltonbybee7011]

just info from what i've gathered but making it a mask makes it so the back image shows through. I skipped that part the 1st time on accident and couldnt figure out how he made the face come thru the smoke, if you watch his skull video, just adding it as a new layer makes it a solid image ontop of another

[@fabiomejia357]

This is great, thank you!

[@hoangnamle2895]

thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb

[@eleanordaviesed]

Heyo. Love this video! I'm having trouble with my brushes...when I click, instead of showing through the image below, I'm just getting the smoke effect in what ever colour I've got set. Hope you can help me :)

[@ScottHollingsworthArtist]

don't forget to be working on a layer mask, not the layer itself

[@johanneskannshalt5138]

There were a lot of people complementing you before me, but... WOW! This is so f*cking COOL! THANKS for the tutorial, I'll try to use this as often as Ipossibly can! :D

[@hieronymusboss7705]

1:44 This dude's got mad "world weary detective" vibes. Also kinda looks like a character portrait for Baldur's Gate. LOL Thanks for another great tutorial Nick.

[@dovaz0x]

Awesome honorable señor!!

[@alfredosandoval1443]

Amazing stuff! Easy to follow! Although i will say it was pain on my mac air without a mouse!

[@geraldbenjamin5688]

That's so cool!

[@PhoenixLabella]

Great tutorial!

[@ChanchoCanal]

Thanks from Spain!

[@Reinavera73]

Thanks Nick for it!!!!

[@ThongamMaalhou]

Thank you very much for the tutorials Nick :-) I have changed my profile photo too by following one of your tutorials. It really helped me. Can you please tell me the Gimp theme you are using in this video?

[@DoLzed]

Fantastic tutorial. It is imperative you use a very high res photo ( link u provided was great for these ) otherwise u don't get the eyes and certain detail coming through I found. I manages to create a really decent first design after about an hour of playing around. Thanks!

[@christianbienst5281]

Super geiles tutorial. Spitze!

[@RemusXIII]

subbed buddy. Love your content.