Realistic Clouds

We’re going to learn how to create some Realistic Clouds using Photoshop filters and some basic functions.

- First, we’re going to create a new file(File -> New), size doesn’t matter, then fill the background with a Gradient(#478aca to #67adf0) from top to bottom

- After that, we create a new layer(Shift -> Ctrl -> N), and then press “D” to reset colors to Black as Foreground and White as Background color.
- Go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds
- Then go to Filter -> Render -> Difference Clouds and press Ctrl+F twice to reapply filter.

- Now duplicate the cloud layer(CTRL+J) and flip the copied layer horizontally(Edit -> Transform -> Flip Horizontal)
- Set the second cloud layer’s blending mode to Screen.
- Merge both cloud layers(select the top one and press CTRL+E), this will left you with only one layer.
- Set the merged cloud layer’s blending mode to Screen

- Now go to Image -> Adjustments -> Levels or press CTRL+L and adjust the levels as in the following image by moving the selectors(circle in red) or by changing the values in the text boxes(circle in blue).

- Your result should look like this