This tool from technical artist Teck Lee Tan is a free tool that is still a work in progress. It allows the option to paint fluid flow direction and velocity into a custom 2D texture, using a brush modes like Pinch/Inflate and Vortex.
http://teckartist.com/?page_id=107
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