For anyone who may want to try the "Chimkudo Smoke Colorizing Method" I've put together a little tutorial to help you on your way, including a starter image for those who may not have a smoke image to play with.
While this was done using Photoshop the same effect can also be accomplished, with slightly different steps, in Paint Shop Pro.

Starter Image

Step one. With the image open in Photoshop go...

Hi folks just finished a Birds in Flight Project, Small birds, which makes it really hard, so please have a look and feel free to comment,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterbrewster/