How to make a water swirl?

[Needshelp]

Hello guys

I was browsing thru websites & saw these photos.

Anyone has any idea how to make the colourful swirls? And tree branches?

Oh please do help

[Panic]

Edit: the second one I think is real tree branches? If not, their pretty believable

Edited October 3, 2010 by Panic

[Needshelp]

Edit: the second one I think is real tree branches? If not, their pretty believable

Nah, she did use Paint.NET.

But she doesn't wanna tell me how she did it

[Sarkut]

For the top picture, open your smoke stock photo In Paint.NET and add a new layer.

Press F4, and set the Blending Mode to Multiply, Color Burn, or Overlay.

Use the Paintbrush tool to add purple splotches, then blur it.

Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur

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For the bottom picture, make a color gradient in a new file.

Then import the tree branch silhouette photo.

Layers > Import From File...

Set its Blending Mode to Additive.

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3447/treegradient01.png

Edited October 3, 2010 by Sarkut

[Ego Eram Reputo]

.... And tree branches?

For the branches, try this: GenTree: Generator of Trees & Branches