Snowman with falling snow - Guest Tutorial
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Step 10:
Snowman`s hands/branches:
I`ll use the Line Tool (U) to draw the branches (you have the freedom to do it exactely how you like it). Here are
the settings:
Step 11:
Add a hill - with the Eliptical Marquee Tool (M) and fill it with White then make the shadow
and fill it with #c7c7c7:
Step 12:
Falling Snow Effect:
Before i`ll start animating flakes let me improve a little bit what i`ve done here. First of all apply these Blending Option settings to the snow (snowman and what i called 'hills'):
For animation - make a new layer on the top of the other layers and fill it with Black (#000000).
Filter -> Noise
Then, Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur (Radius = 1.5 px)
Then, Levels (Ctrl+L):
Then set the layer on Screen Mode
Repeat these steps as much as you want changing the noise amount to 71%, 72%, 73% and so on.
Save each frame as frame1, frame2, frame3 .... and import them in Adobe ImageReady:
The final image:
Step 13:
Optional, you can add a snow ball. Using Eliptical Marquee Tool (M) and these settings:
