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Hello dear friends this year I'll talk to you about rain and I'll give you some tips, I hope you find it useful.

Please forgive me if I made a mistake with my english. (it's not my native language, I speak spanish) 


To me the rain is one of the things more beautiful that I see in our nature. When it's raining I'm happy,

I like closing my eyes and feeling the drops falling down on my face. That was I wanted to

transmit on my photomanipulation and I think I achieved it  

I have no secrets to create rain, but I can give you some tips. I'm going to be based

on one of my jobs where I get my first DD November Rain    Thanks Mr-Ripley


 So, my advices for you are very simple:


 To create rain you can draw it with a graphic tablet or you can use brushes or images.


 In this case I have used alot of brushes (water, bokeh and rain) and images (water, water ripples).


 To create rain not only need to add a simple rain brush and just done  nothing more, by the contrary,

I think the details can make a more beautiful work  


Look at these different kind of brushes and images:


 you can add ripples...



 falling water on clothes, legs, etc...



bokeh...



little flares (optical flares) in her forearms


 Look at this rain and look at her arm. if you see it, both go to the SAME DIRECTION, that is important.


 You have to create alot of differents layers (for rain, drops, bokeh, flares, etc, etc)

(Trust me, you will not like putting it all in the same layer)


 IMPORTANT: To create some depth in the rain I used two filters:

  Gaussian blur.

  Motion blur.


You can try and see which one is better on your work.


(I used both filters, behind the model and in front of her, I have lowered the opacity of some layers)





 Make sure to add rain's drops behind the model or object and in front of her/it.


 It is very important that you consider  in which direction comes the rain and lights.


 Add falling water in objects, model or whatever you use.


 Please DON'T apply Gaussian blur and motion blur to ALL layers, because it will not be seen very well.



 

For create only the rain, It has taken me many days. So, please, take your time,

don't give up, try differents filters, opacitties, brushes (water, rain, drops, ripples), images, etc


Please, If you have any question, let me know!


You can find all stock I have used here:



STOCK USED

Pond Water Texture  - 032 water ripples  - paper boat  - Paperboat 3  - Rain 1  - Part of your world25

STOCK Foggy forest  - manipulated b.g-2  - Mad Sky 3  - Stock 24  - FREE BRUSHES, Rain and Stars

Rain Brush  - Rain Brushes  - Rain Brushes  - Rain and wet brushes  - Hair Part 1

- Painted Hair Brushes -  - hair brushes  - Greens Brushes

Amazing Brushes  By   (Bokeh-Clearwater-Fog-Splash 2-Splashes and Water)





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Comments: 41

Rowye [2016-05-31 11:28:51 +0000 UTC]

Muy buen tutorial, siempre está bien tener presentes todos esos detalles!

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lauraypablo In reply to Rowye [2016-06-01 16:16:09 +0000 UTC]

muchas gracias!!!

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Rowye In reply to lauraypablo [2016-06-03 14:02:21 +0000 UTC]

Un placer.

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Black-B-o-x [2016-05-30 07:44:52 +0000 UTC]

Great and very useful tutorial!
Thank you for sharing!

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lauraypablo In reply to Black-B-o-x [2016-05-30 14:21:31 +0000 UTC]

thank you dear!!!

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theheek [2016-05-23 07:07:13 +0000 UTC]

rain is tricky so thanx for the tips

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lauraypablo In reply to theheek [2016-05-25 11:42:41 +0000 UTC]

you can do it dear if you need help tell me

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theheek In reply to lauraypablo [2016-05-26 02:47:04 +0000 UTC]

thank you soooooooooooooooo much sweetheart ill let you know for sure 

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lauraypablo In reply to theheek [2016-05-26 10:02:50 +0000 UTC]

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theheek In reply to lauraypablo [2016-05-29 05:50:12 +0000 UTC]

  

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Love-and-Blades [2016-05-22 12:16:48 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful rainy scene, and some great tips. Thank you for sharing!

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lauraypablo In reply to Love-and-Blades [2016-05-22 17:23:36 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure dear!!! thank you for your kind comment!!! have a nice day!!!

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marphilhearts [2016-05-22 00:33:13 +0000 UTC]

This is an awesome article about creating rain. It's always been one of the tough things for me. I'm going to try this for sure!!!

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lauraypablo In reply to marphilhearts [2016-05-22 17:23:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you find it useful dear friend, if you have any question please tell me

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Stratox [2016-05-21 19:18:33 +0000 UTC]

El efecto es muy real, me encanto, ahora quiero ver si puedo hacer uno, Saludos Laura!

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Stratox In reply to Stratox [2016-05-21 19:18:45 +0000 UTC]

Ah y muchas gracias por compartir!

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lauraypablo In reply to Stratox [2016-05-22 17:20:12 +0000 UTC]

muchas gracias!!!claro que si!! ojala te animes, me encantaria ver tu resultado
un abrazo vecino!!!

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LoloAgain [2016-05-21 09:42:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for putting this together. I really learned a lot. Awesome presentation!  

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lauraypablo In reply to LoloAgain [2016-05-21 17:37:47 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much dear!!!I'm glad you find it useful

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Mr-Ripley [2016-05-21 00:57:55 +0000 UTC]

It's very delicate work that you devoted a lot of time creating it. Thanks for sharing the tips. I'm happy that I have brought you a DD because you really deserved it form this wonderful image.

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lauraypablo In reply to Mr-Ripley [2016-05-21 17:36:48 +0000 UTC]

aww you're so sweet dear friend, thank you soooo much

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ShawnPikul [2016-05-20 17:06:20 +0000 UTC]

Cool Tutorial! Very generous of you.

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lauraypablo In reply to ShawnPikul [2016-05-21 17:35:36 +0000 UTC]

thank you dear!!! my pleasure

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Lora-Vysotskaya [2016-05-20 16:30:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for sharing! You did really awesome work!

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lauraypablo In reply to Lora-Vysotskaya [2016-05-21 17:35:07 +0000 UTC]

aww thank you so much for your kind comment

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SummerDreams-Art [2016-05-20 15:59:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for sharing such wonderful and useful tips for creating rainy scene!!

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lauraypablo In reply to SummerDreams-Art [2016-05-21 17:34:48 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure dear Amber!

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WhimsicalBlue [2016-05-20 13:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much Laura for sharing this wonderful tips with us, really useful

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lauraypablo In reply to WhimsicalBlue [2016-05-21 17:34:29 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure dear friend!

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Thystyn [2016-05-20 11:18:00 +0000 UTC]

thnk you so much for sharing your tips with us.

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lauraypablo In reply to Thystyn [2016-05-21 17:34:16 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure dear

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msriotte [2016-05-20 11:02:57 +0000 UTC]

Really useful! I feel inspired Thank You! 

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lauraypablo In reply to msriotte [2016-05-21 17:34:02 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure! thank you!!

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BVFoto [2016-05-20 10:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the Tipps. They are most helpfull.

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lauraypablo In reply to BVFoto [2016-05-21 17:33:42 +0000 UTC]

it's nice to read that

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Poglazovs [2016-05-20 10:04:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is such a great informative material! Thank you very much, Laura ! 

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lauraypablo In reply to Poglazovs [2016-05-21 17:33:20 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure! Thank you so much dear

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Incantata [2016-05-20 09:55:17 +0000 UTC]

wonderful tutorial Laura

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lauraypablo In reply to Incantata [2016-05-21 17:31:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you Lilia

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ErikShoemaker [2016-05-20 09:25:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for writing for Manip Academy lauraypablo !  
It's pretty clear now that we can't create natural, good-looking rain with a single layer. Thanks for sharing your tips!

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lauraypablo In reply to ErikShoemaker [2016-05-21 17:31:39 +0000 UTC]

thanks to you dear Eric for let me being part of this great idea

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