Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Awhile ago, I did a tutorial showing how to create rain text. Now, I'll show you a variation
of that theme by creating an image of a recognizable view looking outside a rainy, foggy window pane.
I provided this raindrops image, so you can follow along. Its link is in my video's
description or project files. Before we begin, open a photo you'd like to use for the view
outside the window. I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.com. To place your photo
into the raindrop document, press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag it onto the tab of
the raindrops. Without releasing your computer mouse or pen, press and hold Shift as you
drag it down onto the raindrops and release. Pressing Shift kept your image centered over
the document. To adjust its size, open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T.
To see the Transform's entire bounding box, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. Go to a corner and
when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag
it in or out. If you want to move it up or down, press the Up or Down arrow on your keyboard.
Then, press Enter or Return. To fit it back onto your canvas, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0.
Click the lock icon to unlock the background. Drag the raindrops layer above your photo.
If you look closely at the raindrops image, you’ll notice there’s a lot of noise or grain in
the photo. To minimize this, go Filter and “Camera Raw Filter”.
I’ll enlarge the preview, so we can see the difference after we reduce the noise. Click the “Detail”
icon and Under “Noise Reduction”, slide the “Luminance” all the way to the right.
Then, press Enter or Return. Change its Blend Mode to "Screen". To adjust the overall image's
Brightness and Contrast, click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Brightness/Contrast".
I'll drag the Brightness down to minus 70 and the Contrast up all the way to 100. Since
each photo has its own unique characteristics, feel free to play with these amounts. Click
the Adjustment Layer icon again and this time, click "Vibrance".
I'll slide it to minus 30
and the Saturation to plus 34, but again, you may want to use different amounts. Make
Layer 1 active and make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Let's name the copy, "Blurred"
and the original, "Zigzag". Make the "Blurred" layer active and go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Make the Radius: 10 pixels and click OK or press Enter or Return. Hide the "Blurred"
layer, so we can see the layer under it. Make the Zigzag layer active and go to Filter,
Distort and ZigZag. Make the Style: Around Center" and the Amount: 2 and Ridges: 2. This
gives our image just enough distortion that a glass pane may give to it. Then, click OK.
Make the Blurred layer visible again and make it active. Click the Layer mask icon to make
a layer mask next to it. Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker. We'll take care of the brush
size in a moment. Make the Hardness 0% and the Opacity 70%. Then, press Enter or Return.
To make your brush bigger or smaller, press the right or left bracket key on your keyboard.
Start with approximately this size and brush over your image. Feel free to make your brush smaller, as well.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!