Simple Snow Tutorial

In the holiday spirit, I thought we would create a tutorial for creating extremely easy snow!

Step 1
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/simplesnow/1.gif
Create a new image with your desired size. I personally added a dark/darker blue gradient effect to mine to create a 'night' effect'.

Step 2
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/simplesnow/2.gif
Create a new, blank layer above your original layer. Select the paintbrush tool. Make sure you are are on 1pt Brush

Step 3
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/simplesnow/3.gif
Make little dots all over your image. The more, the merrier!

Step 4
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/simplesnow/4.gif
Double click your 'dot' layer to get into the Layer Style. Click the Outer glow effect, apply the above effects.

Final Product
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/simplesnow/5.gif
There is your simple snow effect, and as you can see it's quite simple! The miniature snow flakes look almost as if they are illuminated by light - thats my favorite part of it!

If you have any questions or comments, please post here so we can help you out!

I think those look like stars lol but cool tut anyway :D

Yea, your right, they do kinda look like starts. I suggest you make an introduction thread here so we an welcome you to GFXVoid!

Simple but effective. I like it.

To randomize it you could get a nice star brush

http://www.imghst.com/uploads/crofty...20scrrenny.gif

Go to the brush settings ( top right ).

http://www.imghst.com/uploads/crofty...screenshot.gif




Cool tut ^.^


Then use them settings, or more scatter if you want, but make sure the count is 1.

I'm somewhat of a noob cofty, would that create lots of dots, or would you still have to 'use' them.

would that create lots of dots, or would you still have to 'use' them.?


What do you mean?

Well, I think it's cool, even if it looks like stars ot not :D good work as usual tacoX

I agree it looks like stars, but it's still a good tut.