Rain Effect
by busTa - 26.06.2006Add rain effect to your pictures
First: Open the image for editing:

Add a new layer by pressing this icon:

Use the default foreground and background color (click D Button):
Apply a "clouds" filter Filter -> Render -> clouds

Apply (add noise) filter Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise
Set the amount to 135% and distribution to Gaussian:

Then apply (Motion Blur) filter Filter -> Blur -> Motion Blur
Set the angle to -40 and distance to 15 pixels:

Change the blending mode for the layer from normal to screen

Then adjust image level by Image -> Adjustments -> Levels
Enter the desired input levels:

Your image now looks like it is raining:

posted in Photoshop Tutorials - Photo Retouch