Adding Snow to a photo

"Suz" wrote in message

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house with snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and I don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to the picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

—
Suz

Yes.

What I would do is to create a new layer on top of the house layer and use a brush to paint white snow. I would then bevel and emboss it a bit to give it a sort of 3-D look. Once it is beveled and embossed, any additional painting in this layer will show this effect immediately. Once I was finished wadding snow, I might add a tiny bit of monochrome noise to the snow to give it a tiny bit of substance. Adding a texture channel at the bottom of Filter > Render > Lighting Effects, might look cool too. Or you could use a slightly darker gray to give the illusion of shadows in uneven drifts.

Don’t forget the snowman!

Peadge 🙂

Thanks Peadge…….I won’t forget him!! Thank you for the ideas. I am not aware of all that Photoshop can do yet. But, am learning!

"Peadge" wrote in message

"Suz" wrote in message

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house

with

snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and

I

don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to the picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

—
Suz

Yes.

What I would do is to create a new layer on top of the house layer and use

a

brush to paint white snow. I would then bevel and emboss it a bit to give

it

a sort of 3-D look. Once it is beveled and embossed, any additional

painting

in this layer will show this effect immediately. Once I was finished

wadding

snow, I might add a tiny bit of monochrome noise to the snow to give it a tiny bit of substance. Adding a texture channel at the bottom of Filter > Render > Lighting Effects, might look cool too. Or you could use a

slightly

darker gray to give the illusion of shadows in uneven drifts.
Don’t forget the snowman!

Peadge 🙂

I have know idea what I meant with "wadding" snow, probably "with adding" the snow.

A good aid to Photoshop is the Photoshop User magazine:
http://www.photoshopuser.com/psuser.htm

Peadge 🙂

"Suz" wrote in message

Thanks Peadge…….I won’t forget him!! Thank you for the ideas. I am

not

aware of all that Photoshop can do yet. But, am learning!

"Peadge" wrote in message

"Suz" wrote in message

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house

with

snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now

and

I

don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to

the

picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

—
Suz

Yes.

What I would do is to create a new layer on top of the house layer and

use

a

brush to paint white snow. I would then bevel and emboss it a bit to

give

it

a sort of 3-D look. Once it is beveled and embossed, any additional

painting

in this layer will show this effect immediately. Once I was finished

wadding

snow, I might add a tiny bit of monochrome noise to the snow to give it

a

tiny bit of substance. Adding a texture channel at the bottom of Filter

Render > Lighting Effects, might look cool too. Or you could use a

slightly

darker gray to give the illusion of shadows in uneven drifts.
Don’t forget the snowman!

Peadge 🙂

"Suz" wrote in message

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house with snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and I don’t have a picture with snow, […]

You already have some good tips, but here in MinneSnowta we covet snowless pictures so we can pester our farther Northern friends. 🙂

Drat!

Is there a NAPA?

National Association of Photoshop Amateurs?

Aerticeus

"Peadge" wrote in message

I have know idea what I meant with "wadding" snow, probably "with adding" the snow.

A good aid to Photoshop is the Photoshop User magazine:
http://www.photoshopuser.com/psuser.htm

Peadge 🙂

"Suz" wrote in message

Thanks Peadge…….I won’t forget him!! Thank you for the ideas. I am

not

aware of all that Photoshop can do yet. But, am learning!

"Peadge" wrote in message

"Suz" wrote in message

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house

with

snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now

and

I

don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to

the

picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

—
Suz

Yes.

What I would do is to create a new layer on top of the house layer and

use

a

brush to paint white snow. I would then bevel and emboss it a bit to

give

it

a sort of 3-D look. Once it is beveled and embossed, any additional

painting

in this layer will show this effect immediately. Once I was finished

wadding

snow, I might add a tiny bit of monochrome noise to the snow to give it

a

tiny bit of substance. Adding a texture channel at the bottom of Filter

Render > Lighting Effects, might look cool too. Or you could use a

slightly

darker gray to give the illusion of shadows in uneven drifts.
Don’t forget the snowman!

Peadge 🙂

Get someone to pay at least penny for doing something in Photoshop and you’ll qualify as a "professional."

Peadge 😉

"Aerticeus" wrote in message

Drat!

Is there a NAPA?

National Association of Photoshop Amateurs?

Aerticeus

"jjs" wrote in message

"Suz" wrote in message

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house

with

snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and

I

don’t have a picture with snow, […]

You already have some good tips, but here in MinneSnowta we covet snowless pictures so we can pester our farther Northern friends. 🙂

Good one! I would imagine Photoshopping snow OUT of a picture would be much more difficult!

Peadge 🙂

I’d love to but … academic version

I suppose I could claim I donated some images without pecuniary advantage?

Aerticeus

Actually, I re-read the membership page:

"Open to any individual using Photoshop in a casual or professional environment."

Casual would work. It seems to concern only the environment in which you use Photoshop. Not sure what the optimal humidity and temperature are.

Peadge 🙂

"Aerticeus" wrote in message

I’d love to but … academic version

I suppose I could claim I donated some images without pecuniary advantage?
Aerticeus

One way to make a "snow like" scene – well see http://elearning.winona.edu/jjs/snow.gif
I’d do a real one if I had time, but that is something that was hanging around. Sorry about that.

The original was taken in summer. I copied the green channel, reversed it and curved to suit.

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:47:04 -0500, "Suz"
wrote:

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house with snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and I don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to the picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Repligator has an easy to use snowflakes effect:

http://www.ransen.com/Repligator/Snowflakes.htm

That is sure an interesting site. Thank you and thanks to all of you for your help and ideas.

"Owen Ransen" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:47:04 -0500, "Suz"
wrote:

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house

with

snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and

I

don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to the picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Repligator has an easy to use snowflakes effect:

http://www.ransen.com/Repligator/Snowflakes.htm

jjs………..a great picture. Looks very authentic!! Thank you!

"jjs" wrote in message

One way to make a "snow like" scene – well see http://elearning.winona.edu/jjs/snow.gif
I’d do a real one if I had time, but that is something that was hanging around. Sorry about that.

The original was taken in summer. I copied the green channel, reversed it and curved to suit.

Kool! casual = very me

Aerticeus

"Peadge" wrote in message

Actually, I re-read the membership page:

"Open to any individual using Photoshop in a casual or professional environment."

Casual would work. It seems to concern only the environment in which you use
Photoshop. Not sure what the optimal humidity and temperature are.
Peadge 🙂

"Aerticeus" wrote in message

I’d love to but … academic version

I suppose I could claim I donated some images without pecuniary advantage?

Aerticeus

in article , Suz at
wrote on 11/28/2004 10:47 AM:

I am making Christmas cards and want to include a picture of my house with snow on it and on the ground. Since there is no snow here right now and I don’t have a picture with snow, is there a way that I can add it to the picture using Photoshop? Snow on the ground, trees, house, etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Probably easier to pick up your house and put it into a snow scene than to make a snow scene from scratch. Then all you have to do is put snow on your house and not all the other stuff in the scene.

jjs wrote:

The original was taken in summer. I copied the green channel, reversed it and curved to suit.

Can you elaborate a bit more? I took a picture of trees and grass, then copied the green channel and used curves to make it more contrasty. I certainly see how the effect looks like snow. What I can’t do convincingly is merge it on top of the original scene. I got close by playing with the advanced blending options with colour dodge mode, but it’s still not quite convincing. Did you apply a mask?

Or see how the big boys did it!
http://www.eurotek.ie/THEDAYAFTERTOMMORROW.htm

I’ve seen some great mattes done of turning summer scenes into winter, but can’t find the site… plenty of others out there though: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=m atte+painting+snow+scene

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