
i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/anthonysrh/smoke.jpg
And then apply it with lighten on a 40% or so opacity layer like this:

just to give your smoke some 'real detail', but I've noticed also that starting with a bunch of white fuzzy strokes and then playing with heavy distortion effects (like wave and twirl) on a number of layers can achieve a pretty convincing effect too:

But I feel it never quite looks 3D enough...
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And then apply it with lighten on a 40% or so opacity layer like this:

just to give your smoke some 'real detail', but I've noticed also that starting with a bunch of white fuzzy strokes and then playing with heavy distortion effects (like wave and twirl) on a number of layers can achieve a pretty convincing effect too:

But I feel it never quite looks 3D enough...