Craft a winter wonderland with a realistic CGI snowfall effect
Pietro Chiovaro replies
There are several ways to create a snowfall effect in 3D software, from the use of actual footage to par ticle systems. For this tutorial I’m going to focus on that particle system method using Blender. It’s a simple workflow that can create a realistic effect in no more than five quick minutes.
In this particular scene I added the snow to bring extra enchantment to the shot, along with some good lighting to recreate this urban alley in the best way possible. To create the snow, I decided to start by using a Particle System that will spew out the snowflakes. This method is relatively simple, but at the same time complex if the wrong parameters are set.