Rain Effect in Photoshop

If you want to create a rain effect on your photos, Photoshop is making that a walk in the park. And it’s not yet another Photoshop effect, it’s called the rain effect. Just follow this simple tutorial that gives an artificial rain effect to any image using Photoshop CS.

First, open an image in Photoshop. Add a new layer in the layers panel by clicking the fifth icon. After having selected a new layer, click Filter – Render – Clouds. Set the Opacity to 63%. The Opacity function is found on the top right of the layers panel. Then , click on Filter – Noise –Add Noise. Set it to 60% and click Gaussian and Monochromatic. What you get are grains in your image. But don’t panic, these grains will turn into rain drops a little later.

Then click on Filter – Blur – Motion blur. When the window pops up, adjust Angle to 73 and Distance to 10. You can try to experiment to see a more acceptable setting. Lastly move your mouse in the Layers panel. Set the blending mode for the layer found in the drop down menu on the top left of the panel. Set the Blend Mode to ’screen.’ Alas, rain effect!

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