[m-Que]

Maybe something similar you saw around somewhere on the internet - meaning the effect you're talking about. Without the image it's really hard...

[caryjames]

Hi M-Que- picture glowing smoke ribbons flowing around your object. Picture wind tunnels with glowing smoke flowing over a car...like the image pictured with the car but more random and integrated around your object with smoke like the second image.

[m-Que]

Aha! Now I get the picture.
Well, I did this Smoke material some time ago -
It's a semi-transparent material and although it has a colorful map/texture applied,
it reacts to emitters and their colors (see pics below).
As for the settings - you simply apply it to a plane and you're ready do go. It also renders really fast.

So, if you create a desired map in PS and apply it to this material, you might get what you're looking for
Just please note: I did this MXM back in 1.X days (I think it was 1.6), so I'm not sure how it will act in v2;
but there's no stuff like SSS in it, so it should not be a problem.
Here's the link:
http://resources.maxwellrender.com/sear ... v2=0&tipo=





I hope you find this useful.

[caryjames]

Really nice!!! THANKS!!!! I will download it and give it a go... thanks again for sharing.