Creating smoke without using the Smoke Live Effect?

[RaptorMoonX]

Hello!

I need to create smoke for a particle in Unreal Development Kit. From tutorials that I've found on Youtube, I see how it's done in Photoshop. I don't own Photoshop anymore and would like to use XDP X to accomplish this. How would I go about doing this without using the smoke live effect? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[gwpriester]

http://www.xaraxone.com/html/fills_and_brushes.html

Almost at the bottom is a Smoke Brush.

[steve.ledger]

How would I go about doing this without using the smoke live effect?

I'm interested in finding the Smoke Live effect? Can you describe where I'd find it?

[RaptorMoonX]

Live Effects --> New --> Eye Candy 4000 --> Smoke

Thank you gwpriester. You're awesome as always. Another quick question. I can use the smoke brush to create a steam effect as well? Oh and how do I install the brush? ^^;;

[steve.ledger]

Doesn't seem to be any EC 4000 in any recent version of Xara Designer. In my older Xtreme version (which I've imported into the latest version) there is EC 4000 Demo, but no 'Smoke'. Is this one that you purchased perhaps?

[gwpriester]

I am not sure that the smoke brush can be used for steam What's the difference?

Just download and open the XAR document. The brush will be available in the in the Line Gallery > New Brush Strokes folder. Select the outline or path to which you want to apply the brush, set a line width (start with 16-24) and then press Apply. Experiment with the settings. This effect works best over a dark background.

[RaptorMoonX]

gwpriester: Thank you. To clarify: the smoke will be coming out of a "live" volcano, whereas steam may be shooting out from various parts of the inside of the volcano (where I'm creating a video game level).

sledger: EC4000 is a plug-in that I originally bought way back with Xtreme Pro 3.

[angelize]

Have a look at the clouds portion of this tutorial from the Xara Xone you could easily create smoke and steam this way.
http://www.xaraxone.com/tips-and-tri...lous-fractals/

[csehz]

Select the outline or path to which you want to apply the brush

Gary relating the selecting outline, does it mean that maybe possible to apply a brush to an object outline? I mean for example if in Shape tool drawing a rectangle, setting line width to it, then somehow applying the brush to its width line?

[wizard509]

csehz,
It is my understanding the the answer to your question is yes unless I am not grasping your question properly. The brush is an altered line and as such is applied as a line not a shape even though it may be composed of several smaller shapes. Try it and you'll see.