Applying a Rain effect

You can use the Rain effect to make it look like it was raining when you took a photo. You can control the amount of rain, the angle of the rain, and other characteristics of the rain. You can save your options as a preset for use at another time.

To apply rain to a photo:

  1. In Edit mode, in the Add group, click Special Effect.
  2. Click Rain.
  3. On the Rain tab, set the options as described below.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Click Done to accept your changes and close the pane.
    • Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the pane.

Rain options

Strength

Specifies the length of the rain drops. Drag the slider to the right to increase the length.

Opacity

Specifies the opacity of the rain drops. Type a number from 0 to 100 or drag the slider to adjust the opacity of the rain drops. The higher the opacity, the more the image is obscured.

Amount

Specifies the number of rain drops.

Angle variance

Specifies the angle of the rain drops. Type a number from 0 to 50 or drag the arrow to adjust the angle.

Strength variance

Specifies how much variety there should be in the length of the rain drops. Drag the slider to the left if you want rain drops to have a similar length. Drag the slider to the right if you want to vary the length of rain drops. If you vary the length of rain drops they look natural.

Background blur

Specifies the amount of blur in the photo. Heavy rain will block your vision. Use this option to blur the photo so the rain effect looks natural.

Angle

Specifies the angle at which the rain drops are falling.

Color

Specifies the color of the rain drops.

See also:

Applying a Rain effect