How to make rain in Photoshop

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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.

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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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