User Guide

Chapter 8 Editing
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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 On the Edit Panel, click Effects, and then double-click Rain.
2 On the Rain tab, set the options as described below.
3 Do one of the following:
•Click Done to apply your changes and close the tab.
•Click Cancel to discard all changes and close the tab.
Rain options
Background
color
Specifies the background color of the filtered image. Select the Image check
box to use the original image colors, or click the color picker to select a
different color.
Wave
direction
Specifies the direction of the waves. Select one, or both, of the following:
• Wave horizontally: makes the waves move towards the right and left
sides of the image.
• Wave vertically: makes the waves move towards the top and bottom of
the image.
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 1 to 99 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 1 to 360 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.