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Tutorial goal:


This tutorial will show you in detail how to add realistic looking snow to your photos.
We will be using a house in a sunny green environment to apply our snow effects to.
Let's get started.


End result:
Apply Awesome Realistic Snow Effects to Your Photos Final Image

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Step 1

This is the image we will use to add the snow effect to.



Step 2

The image size is 12 inch X 8 inch and the resolution is 100. Adjust the colors of this image.
Go to "Image -> Adjustment -> Hue/Saturation" and reduce the saturation and lightness.


Step 3

Double click the layer and select blending option "add gradient overlay" for the following values.



Step 4

Use the pen tool and select the marked area. (see the yellow line)



Step 5

This image shows you the path.



Step 6

Right click the path option, and select "make selection".



Step 7

Enter the feather radius 1 pixels.



Step 8

Now create a new layer and fill the path selection with white color.



Step 9

Select brush tool from tool menu and select "spatter 27 pixels" brush from the brush gallery and enable the scattering option. (see the image below)



Step 10

The brush size is 25.



Step 11

Use the brush tool and select the white color and brush the edges so they look like the below image.



Step 12

Apply the same steps on the other side.



Step 13

And little bit of brush on the walls, windows and trees.



Step 14

Select the grass and fill it with white color.



Step 15

Touch the edges with Brush tool.



Step 16

Then go to "Layer -> New adjustment Layer -> Gradient".



Step 17

Enter this value.



Step 18

Now create another new layer and fill it with black color.



Step 19

Then goto "Filter -> Sketch -> Graphic pen".



Step 20

Apply these values.



Step 21

Now set the blending mode to "screen" and reduce the fill to 80%. Then go to "filter -> blur -> motion blur".



Step 22

Apply the following value.



Step 23

This is the final image.



Step 24

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Good Luck!




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22 Comments

avatar Akassa
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Probably the best "turn into snow" tutorial ever in the net grats suresh.

(181 days ago)
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tks.
grat works

(179 days ago)
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yes man...

(168 days ago)
avatar pingenvy
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Nice tut. I might suggest adding a slight gaussian blur (about .5 or so) to the falling snow layer for added realism.

(160 days ago)
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nice tut

(153 days ago)
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Awesome tut; very useful for budding matte painters!

(152 days ago)
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very good

(149 days ago)
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nice work
but tooo long

(133 days ago)
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a word of thanks ... I am on an ancient Photoshop, but was still able to make it happen. Took a barn, shot in deep summer, and turned it into a chilly winter scene!!! YAY!!! thank you very much!!!

Best regards, Lois Bryan
see my work at http://loisbryan.redbubble.com/

I haven't posted the snow scene yet ... may need to try a few more ... but I do thank you!!!

(118 days ago)
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Very good tut!!

thanks!

(87 days ago)
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The clouds!

(87 days ago)
avatar artgirl1935
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Excellent tut. Am going to see if this works on my Adobe 6 program. Thanks so much.

(69 days ago)
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Thank you! I just applied this method to a picture of my house in Orange County,CA. Looks great!

(62 days ago)
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help image how?

(55 days ago)
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good very nice.
regards

(55 days ago)
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Great tutorial!

(54 days ago)
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Great snow tutorial, thanks for sharing it

(54 days ago)
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very good thank full to u. if any body know as like good job. then send me totoril. thanks my mail id is
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(53 days ago)
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Many thanks, the best one I`ve ever seen. Lovely!!!!

(53 days ago)
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Soteria says this is very pretty, you did a good job, easy for newbies like me, thanks a million.

(41 days ago)
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thanks

(39 days ago)
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good job
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(14 hr 30 min ago)


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