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How to make rain in Photoshop
Posted by PhotoshopLandon September 29, 2010, More in: Photo Effects
Heres a quick tutorial to follow the last one where you guys learned how to make snow.Thought Id stick to the same theme, weather effects. This time, lets make it rain.
Step 1
Lets start by making a new blank layer, fill this entire layer with White using the Paint Bucket.
Once youve done that, go to Filter > Render > Clouds and change the Opacity to 63.
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Step 2
What youll need to do now is add noise, click on Filter > Noise > Add Noise withMonochromatic checked. Make the Amount: 90% and Distribution: Guassian.
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Step 3
Now, click on Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and give it these values, Angle -45 and Distance 10
as seen in the example below.
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Step 4
Go to create new fill or adjustment layer and add Hue/Saturation with Saturation on -50.
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Step 5
Merge or Flatten all layers (Right Click on Layers > Flatten Image) and add max contrast.
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Final Result
How to create snow in Photoshop
Posted by Junenjuni on September 28, 2010, More in: Photo Effects
Learn how to add snow to your photos. This tutorial will take you through all the steps the authorused to create snow from scratch.
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Original Photo
Step 1
Start by making the colour of your image more green. Quickest way to do this is by changing the
Hue/Saturation levels. Depending on what image youre using these settings may need to betweaked differently. For this image the settings used were Hue:+33 and Saturation:+12
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Use the Hue/Saturation again to change the ground to a brownish colour. To do this use the
Lasso Tool, pick the areas you would like to make brown and simply drag the Hue level back abit to Hue -15
Step 2
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Now duplicate the image and go to Image > Adjustments > add Black & White. Set the BlendMode to Screen, you can do this by going to Blending Options or by using the drop down menu
above the layers.
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Step 3
Go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness & Contrast
ValuesBrightness: +150Contrast: +100
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Step 4
Make a blank new layer and use the Paint Bucket to fill the background all White. Now, go to
Filters > Pixelate > Mezzotint > Coarse Dots.
Step 5
Go to Image > Adjustments > Invert and add Screen to this layer.
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Step 6
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and set the Aangle to -45 and Distance 6.
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Step 7
To make it look more real we need more snow on the ground, to do this we need to repeat the
steps. Make a New Layer, Fill background with White, Filters > Pixelate > Mezzotint > exceptthis time make it Grainy Dots, just to change it up a bit. Go to Image > Adjustments > Invert.
Step 8
What well do now is use the Elliptical MarqueeTool to cut a sample of this grain effect.
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Step 9
Paste the sample in the areas you wish to add more snow to and Merge these Layers.
Step 10
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The next step is to select the Eraser Tool, pick anySoft Mechanical Brush and set its Flow toaround 50%. Use this to scrub around the circles to blend it in more.
Step 11
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Set the Blend Mode to Screen then go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, set the angle to Zero ifneeded to make it sit flat on the ground and the Distance to 5 pixels. Finally, merge all layers
down and go to Filter > add Sharpen.
Final Result
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