Through Premiumbeat.com's Vimeo channel and blog, motion graphic designer Kevin Gater did the world a huge favor by recently providing a tutorial on creating realistic, falling snow with RED Giant's After Effects plug-in. There are a ton of settings in After Effects, let alone in the RED Giant Trapcode Particular plug-in, that would take forever to navigate; but Gater does a great job going through which settings to ignore and which ones to pay attention to so you'll know exactly what to tweak for your needs. Thankfully, in 15 minutes, you can be ready to add great snow effects for the holiday season or that high-mountain horror short with just a few careful clicks.
For those who may be thinking, "This is great, but I don't do video -- I take pictures," just in case you missed it, check out Dani Diamond's equally impressive gift in the form of a post that shows us how to add snow to your images in Photoshop. He even includes a custom brush for you to download. Go ahead -- go the extra step. It's always worth it (and this is the laziest easiest way to do it!).