Snow Effect

Make your photographs look like they were taken in Winter. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use several filters to add snow to your photographs.

	1. Open the image for editing. For htis tutorial, select an image with an overcast sky (white sky).
	2. Create a new layer and fill the layer with the colour black.
	3. Use the "Add Noise" filter (Filters> Noise> Add Noise) to apply the following properties: Amount: 1% Distribution: Gaussian Monochromatic: Checkmarked Click OK.
	4. Apply an "Auto Levels" (Shift+Ctrl+L).
	5. Apply a Gaussian Blur (Filters> Blur> Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 1 pixel.
	6. Apply a transform (Ctrl+T) of 200% width and 200% height. Change the current layer's blending mode to "Screen".
	7. Repeat steps 2 to 6 so that you have another layer. Do not skip this step and duplicate the layers because the noise applied in step 3 should not look like the noise in Layer 1.
	8. Create a new layer and render clouds (Filter> Render> Clouds). Change the new layer's blending mode to "Screen" and the "Opacity" to "50%". Apply a "Gaussian Blur" (Filter> Blur, Gaussian Blur) with a radius large enough to hide the detail of the clouds. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.