How to create rain in Photoshop

This is a guide on how to make a more detailed looking rain in Photoshop for your SFM posters.

Before Rain

After

Layer Setup

Create a "New Layer"
Fill layer with black (Ctrl + Backspace or Fill bucket tool)

Add Noise

With the black layer selected
Go to "Filter - Noise - Add Noise"

Noise Settings

Set Noise amount to 100, with "Gaussian" and enable "Monochromatic", then press "Ok"

Layer Settings

Under the layers change the Layers Blending Mode to "Screen"

It should look like this

Adjustment Layer

At the bottom of the layer select the "Adjustment Layer" and select "Levels"

Clip

Under the "Properties" clip the "Adjustment Layer" to the Noise Layer

Level Adjustment

Drag the black slider to the right

Like this

Till it looks something like this

Motion Blur

Make sure you have the noise layer selected and go to
Filter - Blur - Motion Blur

Motion Blur 2

Set your setting to your liking

Transform

"Ctrl + T" to transform and scale it to size to your liking.

Done

With a few more adjustments your done.

[Malevolence.]

Yeah, this doesn't look that good. I'm gonna pass on this, thanks. Rain particles are WAY better.

[xpdatabase11]

Rain is water and there for should be refractive, and also is in a 3D environment. By using your method it looks more like stains on the camera lens then actual rain. If you create rain in a 2D app you must be able to fake the 3D effect by using multiple instances of the same layer where more and more drops are seen as you go into the distance.

[springnutica]

sorry dude your in the wrong place
we talk about how to do stuff in sfm

[A Tomato]

The problem with this method of making rain is it appears comparatively flat and unrealistic. Real rain stretches out into the distance, and is affected by depth of field. It means you have to use multiple noise layers of different properties.

[Mocha_Drizzle]

This works, but there are a lot of rain particle effects that people could use in case they don't have/aren't familiar with any editing software. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1636040162 this is one that I use myself but there are others