Rain (Particle Filter)

Tutorial made with Paint Shop Pro 9.0.1, you can make any other version ![]()
For this work we will need: jpg Image. Gradient gold.
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Ulead Particle Filter, which you can download here
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This filter is free to use and still very basic, which has some effects viréis very Chulis ![]()
Let's see the rain, but most beautiful things to see that you send us with others better?
Installation is simple but telling you where it is installed by default as it does in the Program Files folder and Photoshop will ask for, I give my address filters folder as well, since all the programs that preference to use it.
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We started 
1 º Open a transparent image of 350/265 px. With the magic wand, click on either side of the image. Select / Modify / Contract 10px. Selection / Invert. And fill the selection with the gradient and this configuration:

Selection / Invert. We must look like:

2 ° We have opened the image of the landscape that we use, copy, Edit / Copy, return to the image you just put the frame with the gradient by clicking on the top, with the second mouse button: Paste / Paste Selection:

We can minimize or even close to the image of the landscape. NOT remove the selection ![]()
3 º Go to Settings / Accent / Sharpen / Unsharp Mask:

and put these values:

2 / 25 / 5
Remember this step and do it every time you resize an image ![]()
4 ° In the Layers palette by clicking on the layer we have, with the second mouse button on the menu that appears, click on Duplicate twice.

We now have three layers, the first or original and two copies:

Hide the top two and make sure to be located on the former. Remember that we have not taken even the national team, right?
5 º Effects / Plugins / Ulead / Particle:

The filter window has some options:

In Control effects and parameters, we can play ourselves and see that we would. If we get an effect to our liking, we can keep clicking the Add button (Add) and making a name for this effect.
On Effects, select the one you want to play, in our case Lluvia.Pulsad on Load (load) and we see a screen with a number of effects ready to use:

I use the number 2. Accepted and returned to the first filter window OK again.
6 ° In our picture we have to change the layer in the palette, hide the first and activate the second:

We returned to the filter and let's just click on:

7 º In the Layers palette, hide the fact that just given, we are at the top and put it visible. Repeat the previous step with the filter. We make sure they are all visible and save it in. Psp.
8 º Open the Animation and look for the image you have saved the rain Once you have it, go to Edit / Select All, that we were all selected frames.

Animation / Frame Properties, put a value of 25 at the time of deployment to all frames. And we can save the image.
Well what I said before ... the filter has many possibilities, so the first job we do a rain right? but with the second ... to see how we sorprendéis ![]()
















Hi
I love your tutorials because fully explain, step by step and one that is learning are perfect.
Note that wanted to talk to you about that when I take the image to animati, do what you specifically, but when I give the optimizer assistant Transfer tab I get the part and I think that's why when I give the image to see how they like that jumps and makes the effect and it looks terrible and does not seem an animation, I hope you can help to improve this step or to make me leave that tab, with the fairy and star name if I came out after this tutorial no longer I got over that tab.
I hope you can help me and answer my questions.
Again I thank your tutorials.
Thank you.
Hi Griselda, well look what you do now has no transparency, no? is a background image, hence you will not leave this tab
If the jump animation is simply because something caused frames not say in the same position, to work properly, thought to be overlaid, exactly, if they are moved for any reason, and do not have the foresight to repositioned exactly one of the other, jumping animation and the effect will be a disaster.
I hope your doubts are resolved and thanks for your comment
Shalane hello:
I appreciate you answered my questions, yet I am very new at this animation and if I make it complicated to understand how I can not move the frames, however I followed the steps as we teach and I was like you put the image at first, but hopefully with good practice to improve my errorzotes.
Thanks and saluditos.