Deke visited altogether synthetic high-resolution snow as recently as Episode 764 in 2018. So what gives hitting it again? Last time, the snow was adorable and fluffy. Like happy Winter. This time it’s cold and brittle and war-like. Like unforgiving Winter. The White Walkers may still win. In Photoshop, this is perhaps their world now.
- [Instructor] All right. … Now as recently as Deke's Technique 764, … which was just a few months ago, … I showed you how to create high-resolution snowflakes, … but those were big, juicy, fluffy snowflakes. … The White Walkers don't like those snowflakes at all. … They like cold, brittle snowflakes like these right here. … And so let me show you how to create them. … I'll go ahead and switch over to our document so far, … and I'll scroll up to the top of the Layers panel right here … and I'll go ahead and click on the Eyes group, … so that I'm creating my snowflakes … in front of everything else. … And now I'll create a new layer … by pressing control + shift + n, … or command + shift + n on the Mac, … and I'll go ahead and call this guy Snow, … and I'll press the enter key, … or the return key on the Mac, … that's going to be option + delete on the Mac. … Now we want these to be high-resolution snowflakes. … So we need to start with a small layer … are achieved using the Mezzotint filter. …
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
9/10/2019Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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