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 07/03/2006 10:27:51
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Jacked Out
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I received some good feedback on my recent thunderstorm image, so I
decide to share the wealth on how I made the storming rain. While there
is already a tutorial for rain, this should further help you in
increasing the chaotic and fluidity of a natural rain storm.
1. Start out with a black background and a blank layer. You'll need to
use a basic brush set to Dissolve at a low opacity like 9%. Scatter it
around the layer. Each pixel will eventually be your rain drops.

2. Repeat the first step until you have a decent amount of layers to
work with. You'll be wanting at least two of these. Now, use the
transform tool to enlarge and reposition each layer accordingly. Use a
Gaussian blur layer if necessary.

3. Now it's time to give your storm some motion with Motion blur, of
course. You can use whatever angle or direction you wish. My only
advice is to alter the angle by fractions or single units for each
layer in order to achieve the natural shifted effect; this will give
your rain both depth and movement a single layer with Noise cannot.

4. After that, create a new layer. Use the line tool set to at least 2
pixels and start making individual rain drops going in the same
direction as the rest of the storm.

5. You'll need to use the Smudge tool on the "tails" of the rain drops
to invoke a certain amount of progress for the rain's descent. Use this
opportunity to alter the shape of each drop appropriately.

6. Use Gaussian and Motion blur where necessary. Apply the eraser tool
as well and adjust the opacity until you're pleased with how the "short
distanced" rain drops look.

7. Now all that's needed are "close-up" rain drops. These can easily be
made by duplicating the "short distanced" rain drop layer and enlarged
greatly with the transform tool. Duplicate and reposition as required
until you reach a nice middle ground.

You now have a rain storm! If you wish, add buildings in the
background, objects in between layers of rain, lightning... Tweak the
image to your heart's desire...
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 07/03/2006 10:34:15
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Vindicator
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
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 07/03/2006 10:55:47
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Systemic Anomaly
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Ah, I had an inkling that it had something to do with dissolve layers, but that "close up" rain idea is new to my senses.
Bravo Sykin, expect to see a ripoff test of this in my gallery soon 
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 07/03/2006 10:58:17
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Systemic Anomaly
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:smileysurprised: Draggy go try now :smileysurprised:
I still can't see your big image rain fighting thing though :smileysad:
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 07/03/2006 11:16:44
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Magnificent! This should be interesting to try out. I can't help but be fascinated by our differences of approach, yet we always seem to end up in a similar direction.
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 07/03/2006 11:36:47
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Nicer method than what I would use. Normally, I prefer masks since I can do a few more tricks on them, but this method seems more of a way to do it, but to tailor it more to a specific image shot instead.
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 07/03/2006 11:55:18
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You sir, are a giant amongst a multitude of vertically challenged folk.
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 07/03/2006 11:58:18
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Cool. Good explanation Syk. :robotvery-happy:
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 07/03/2006 12:01:15
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Systemic Anomaly
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Awesome. I knew you painted lines and blured them to make the large rain drops, yes I have an IQ. w00t.
Great job unfortunatly I already made my rain pic, can be seen in my thred and is no where as good or chaotic as this.
Laters
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 07/03/2006 12:05:14
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My result

Nice tutorial Sykin :smileywink:
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 07/03/2006 12:13:09
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Systemic Anomaly
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Nice altough i think the ones upfront are a little too upfront... does that even make scens? :smileyhappy:
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 07/03/2006 13:14:53
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Wow that's great! Thanks Sykin I will definately try that tomorrow!
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 07/03/2006 13:36:51
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Nice tutorial, also any one who can utilize that pattern to make your own brush, helps a lot.
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 04/15/2007 11:43:51
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 My attempt
Message edited by ZeroMark on 04/15/2007 11:44:28.
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 04/15/2007 11:45:49
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Hmm i never saw this...bookmarked and will try it sometime
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