{"id":6416,"date":"2018-11-23T08:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T08:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2018-11-24T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T16:01:41","slug":"instant-snow-v2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6416","title":{"rendered":"Instant Snow V2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6417 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Way back in 2013 I made a simple Photoshop action that made snow. As it turns out it makes REALLY good looking snow and even today it&#8217;s regularly in the top three most visited pages of my blog.<\/p>\n<p>The secret to it&#8217;s success is down to it&#8217;s one click simplicity which runs the action, makes three layers of snow and still keeps your original image intact. The snow it makes can then be tweaked, copied and saved for future use.<\/p>\n<p>Five years on an I felt it was time for a refresh, so here it is.\u00a0You can download Instant Snow V2 here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1s6EUBs5jFwPN-ZnszTTMB11W1ZT9_kuu\"><strong>https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1s6EUBs5jFwPN-ZnszTTMB11W1ZT9_kuu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instant Snow v2 now has four levels of snow effect. Blizzard, Heavy Snow, Light Snow and\u00a0 First Flakes.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6416 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Blizzard.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Blizzard-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Blizzard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Blizzard-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Blizzard-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Blizzard-640x427.jpg 640w, 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height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Heavy-180x120.jpg 180w, 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https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Light.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Instant-Snow-Flakes.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>If you create a photo using the Friday Freebie then let me (and everyone else) know by leaving the link in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage rules<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>The Photoshop Action is copyright Gavin Hoey 2018. Use is strictly limited to any personal but\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehelpful.com\/creativecommons\/what-is-commercial-use.html\">non-commercial\u00a0<\/a>purposes. A commercial license is available.<br \/>\nPlease share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original action without my permission.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Download instructions<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Click on the correct download link below\u00a0<em>(no sign up is needed)<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1s6EUBs5jFwPN-ZnszTTMB11W1ZT9_kuu\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1s6EUBs5jFwPN-ZnszTTMB11W1ZT9_kuu<\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>You may see a message saying &#8220;There was a problem with the network&#8221; Just ignore it<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Download\u00a0<\/strong>icon\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/download_icon.png\" alt=\"download_icon\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The download should start automatically<\/li>\n<li>Unzip the download and install the Photoshop Action<\/li>\n<li>No support is provided with the Friday Freebies. If you need help\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\">Google\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube\u00a0<\/a>the question and you\u2019ll almost certainly find the answer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2013 I made a simple Photoshop action that made snow. As it turns out it makes REALLY good looking snow and even today it&#8217;s regularly in the top three most visited pages of my blog. The secret to it&#8217;s success is down to it&#8217;s one click simplicity which runs the action, makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6416\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instant Snow V2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[33,23,25,35,34,24,63],"class_list":["post-6416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friday-freebie","tag-action","tag-featured","tag-freebie","tag-friday-freebie-2","tag-photoshop","tag-spotlight","tag-texture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6416"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6972,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions\/6972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}