Creating Smoke In Photoshop From Scratch Using Photoshop and a specific technique, it’s rather easy to create something that looks like smoke or fog—from scratch. It’s not as good as actual smoke photographed on a black background, but it’s much easier to come by. Here’s the trick… Doodle Draw a doodle. Preferrably keep the doodle in its own layer with a black background beneath. Distort Use the L