how to make realistic rain in photoshop?

[sankara]

i m new to matte painting presently working on an image where i need to create realistic rain using brush or other tool in photoshop .

plz help me...

[Xdreamer79]

10 seconds invested in google (http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=rain+in+photoshop&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=)

[rockhoppermedia]

10 seconds invested in google (http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=rain+in+photoshop&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=)


Do these in separate layers to add depth increase the size of the grain. Have for ground, mid ground, rear( you can use a mist if you want), use layermasks to paint out the negative space around objects,.

Hope this helps,

rich.