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I read a thread earlier asking about placing snow on the scene, happens to have been something I've been thinking about lately. I grabbed an image that I almost threw out and decided to see if there was anything I could do to prevent it from being flushed so the snow thing came to mind. Here's the before (on top) and after (under).



Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
 
Nice effect! Are those Saguro cactii? And a Joshua tree? Methinks the subject might give the fakery away :-) However I did have to look twice. It is a very convincing job!

= Ed =
Marlene DeGrood said:
I read a thread earlier asking about placing snow on the scene,
happens to have been something I've been thinking about lately. I
grabbed an image that I almost threw out and decided to see if
there was anything I could do to prevent it from being flushed so
the snow thing came to mind. Here's the before (on top) and after
(under).



Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
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= Ed Rotberg =

'A waist is a terrible thing to mind'
 
Bob Spencer1 said:
Marlene DeGrood:
Yes the snow looks really great, is there away you would share what
you did or maybe a clue for this rookie. I was the one who asked
earlier about snow.
Thanks
Bob Spencer
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Hi Bob,

Simple but tedious. After duplicating the background layer, Select> color range on the new layer. Put the eye dropper on the area you want snow, then fill or paint with white. You will have to do this many times until all the areas that you want snow covering on are covered. The reason I said that this is tedious is because I found that using a fairly low "fuzziness" (35 or less) gives you more control so you have to do it many times to properly place the snow & give the most natural results. Good luck, it can be time consuming with a lot of deselecting and replacing the position of the eye dropper, but, it's fun and rewarding.

Please post a picture if it works out for you.

Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
 
Marlene. I tried your snow system and I am having trouble I go to color range in select and have tried every eydropper but when I select it turns the color of the picture. When I go to Edit fill it turns everything white. I need a clarification. Thanks.
 
Philip J. Lombardi said:
Marlene. I tried your snow system and I am having trouble I go to
color range in select and have tried every eydropper but when I
select it turns the color of the picture. When I go to Edit fill it
turns everything white. I need a clarification. Thanks.
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Philip,

Once you select a color range that you want white and hit OK in the color range box, you should see those areas selected on your image, if you don't see a selection then it would put white over the entire image. The amount of fuzziness will determine the range of colors selected, a higher fuzziness will choose a wider range of colors from what you selected, a low fuzziness will only select those pixels that are very close to the color you chose. The first eyedropper tool in the dialog box will only allow you 1 selection, the +eyedropper tool will allow you to continue to select other colors. As far as the eyedropper tool changing your color to the color you picked......if you select within the image that is brought up withing the color range dialog box, your foreground/background colors will not be affected. Other than that it's pretty straight foreward.

Let me know if you get this figured out. Also, you could try experimenting on something easy, like a blue sky......just something to practice on.

Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
 
Marlene, the idea of getting a Christmas card image from an autumn image sure sounded good to me and this is my first attempt. Being of a lazy nature, and battling a "bug" today, I decided for a light snowfall effect. Am I on the right track or is this too obviously a computerized snow?! Joan

 
Wow Joan, your version of light snow looks like it's actually snowing. Cool!

Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
Joan Corrie said:
Marlene, the idea of getting a Christmas card image from an autumn
image sure sounded good to me and this is my first attempt. Being
of a lazy nature, and battling a "bug" today, I decided for a light
snowfall effect. Am I on the right track or is this too obviously
a computerized snow?! Joan

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Marlene . I figured it out. I was putting the eyedropper on the picture instead of the preview. Thanks.

Brian how dod you get the snow build up to look so real.
 
All I can say to all that tried this is WOW WOW WOW. I've added this to my 'gotta try it' stack. Great job and thank you Marlene for sharing. And thanks to everyone who tried it and shared.

There goes another good nights sleep playing with this technique :)

Kurt
Marlene DeGrood said:
I read a thread earlier asking about placing snow on the scene,
happens to have been something I've been thinking about lately. I
grabbed an image that I almost threw out and decided to see if
there was anything I could do to prevent it from being flushed so
the snow thing came to mind. Here's the before (on top) and after
(under).



Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
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Kurt
-pbase supporter
 
I checked out and tried the action, but really didn't think it had much realism. Try this:

Filter> Stylize> Frosty> 3 or 4 setting.....you'll get falling snow that I think looks really good.

Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
Bob Spencer1 said:
Joan Corrie:
I liked your rendition of fallng snow for those that are interested
I found this on the Adobe Studio page. There is a free action
called "Mark's Snow" the address is:
Thanks
Bob Spencer

http://share.studio.adobe.com/axAssetDetailSubmit.asp?aID=4689&back=http%3A%2F%2Fshare%2Estudio%2Eadobe%2Ecom%2FaxBrowseSubmit%2Easp%3Fr%3D0%26c%3D37%26pgsel1%3D2
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Marlene DeGrood:

I tried what you said but I think that we are on different PS's I have 7 and there was no "FROSTY", rats :> (. Maybe I missed something. This has been fun with the snow thread and you deserve around of applause for your creativity.
Thanks
Bob Spencer
 
Hi Bob,

I have Photoshop 6, I can't imagine why 7 would have taken "frosty" away. You're sure huh? Filter> stylize> frosty. Hmmm....well....here's an example, just in case you're curious about the effect.



Would love to here from other Photoshop owners to find out if they also don't have Frosty.

Marlene
http://www.thedigitalspectrum.com
Bob Spencer1 said:
Marlene DeGrood:
I tried what you said but I think that we are on different PS's I
have 7 and there was no "FROSTY", rats :> (. Maybe I missed
something. This has been fun with the snow thread and you deserve
around of applause for your creativity.
Thanks
Bob Spencer
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Marlene
 
Marlene DeGrood:

Love that look great falling snow. I tried the index for frosty also and came up short. I hope because I am new I missed it. Sorry I was a little late in getting back I was working on a woodblock effect with a woodland stream I photographed on Sunday. Have a nice evening.
Thanks
Bob Spencer
 
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