Artificial Elements - RAIN

PART 1

Step 1: 1st make a rain droplet: Open a new document - 200px x 400px (I think 72 res?)

Step 2: Put background black

Step 3: put a single dot on LHS of image

Step 4: Filter>Stylise > Wind

Repeat 5 times

Step 5: Filter > Blur > Motion blur (angle 0; dist 25 pix)

Step 6; Rotate to about 70° - see images below:

Step 7:

Select, go Edit > define Brush presect ....now we have a raindrop brush

PART 2

Step 1: Open image & make new layer above it

Step 2: Go filter > Render > Clouds

Step 3: Filter > Noise > Add Noise (note set at 400, gaussian; monochromatic). Some tutorials say 60 but this must be for 72 res) - 400 was good.

Step 4: Motion blur ( needs to be ~150)

Step 5: Blend made to Vivid light; opacity 30%

EXPERIMENT with noise & blur.

Step 6: Darken the image with levels ( pull dark side LHS over about 1/8th).

PART 3

Step 1 : Go to brush tool (F5 or it is in Window>window)

Step 2 : select shape Dynamics in brush palette

Step 3: do midground rain

Step 4: In brush presets tab, change the master diameter of brush (eg to 90) In Shape dynamics, change the size jitter to 50% & angle jitter to 1% (I think it may be 70° in my case??). Change scatter to 1000.

Step 5 : Brush as desired.

Step 6: Change layer opacite to ~ 40

Step 7: Background rain:

Size jitter - 100%

Angle jitter - 1% ( I think 70°)

Scatter 1000%

Brush as desired.