How to Animate Snow in After Effects

[@BlueMaroonAnimations]

Best snow fall tutorial out there, glad I found this before finishing my project!

[@oldmanscribbe1]

By far best snow tut! Looks amazing!

[@envatotuts]

I think so too!

[@chaiiskies]

this is amazing! I was dreading adding snow to my animation but this is incredible! Such a good tutorial with a calm, easy to follow voice :))

[@envatotuts]

You're very welcome!

[@Redballoon_Cartoons]

BRILLIANT , and i love detail and this has everything

[@GunitaMagone]

The best snow tutorial, ever!

[@yujirohanma8606]

Merry Christmas!

[@krzysiekkrawczyk3162]

Perfect tutorial

[@scrizofficial9281]

Thanks a lot !!

[@vonnyvt]

Thank you for this!

[@KatieZLIS]

Very nice tutorial and very well done! Easy to follow and I like how you explained what each effect/parameters do when adjusting them in the effects panel. I'm making a digital Christmas card and need a snowfall effect and this was the perfect tutorial. Keep up the good work!!

[@curtwiser1657]

This was great! Just what I needed.

[@chris.h_]

This was awesome! Thank you!

[@envatotuts]

Thank you for watching!🎉💚

[@1tubax]

best tutorial out there. I made a real snowflake on illustrator and used that as my source matte, it was even better! Thank you!

[@Coldene]

I reaally needed this thank very much :D

[@markpattinson9562]

Brilliant, loved this....thank you

[@envatotuts]

Thanks for watching! 💚 Cheers!

[@gordonfreeman79]

Great. But how would I make it a seamless loop ?

[@afina3595]

Perfect tutorial for the season!

[@BA_Mediia]

amazing tutorial ! this helped me a lot :)

[@TherealWilsonpitt]

Fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@zaqwerty22]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@hunter-94]

I noticed your final clip seems to have a depth of field effect for close up snow. Did you use a camera lens blur effect with depth map, or just a second layer that was closer with a blur effect?

[@SWATEngi]

This tutorial is underrated :o Excellent work, especially explaining the parts and what they do, leaving nothing to a guess. Instant like =D

[@envatotuts]

Thank you very much!

[@RishiKochhar]

Such a great video!

[@envatotuts]

Thank you!!

[@paulroverdesign]

Thanks man! Really helpful and so detailed

[@mauricioortiz8153]

Amazing tutorial, Thanks bro!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you liked it!

[@bunh6836]

Thanks a lot. It is awesome, I am a beginner in After Effects, but I have easy to follow step-by-step.

[@zobko]

This was a great help, thank you! The tut is so easy to follow ❤️

[@envatotuts]

You're so welcome!

[@DeathWarReviews]

Wow Thank you so much! Greetings from Colombia!

[@people_of_the_hour]

Awesome! thank you so much

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome!

[@UniverseMusic1]

Thanks a lot for the guide!

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!

[@Nadia-gm7it]

Amazing tutorial, exactly what I needed for my project) Thank you!

[@jacquesahouansou4423]

Really well explained. thank you

[@zoggzol]

thank you so much

[@Globaltalentgt]

Really useful video🎣

[@simonov_art]

thank you

[@클로이-r2f]

Thank you!

[@envatotuts]

Welcome!

[@SnowmanSir]

I like this! now I need more snow!

[@OrhanYaycioglu]

Thank you very much for this awesome video tutorial:)

[@envatotuts]

You're very welcome!

[@oakrhee9947]

good job best

[@OlegOzzove]

cool

[@soufiane_allali]

Please is the loop smooth?

[@ekiofps]

i will definitely try this !

[@milahh6422]

Great but I would put the tree on left ( blended tree or tree branches) as a first layer because you can clearly see that it’s very near so wouldn’t make sense the snow in front of it judging by size of it. Overall very good video 👍

[@3dparagon]

Nice video, what if we want it to loop?

[@envatotuts]

Hi! To make the snow animation loop, pre-compose your snow layer, then add the Time Remapping effect. Set a keyframe at the end, delete the last keyframe, and enable the Loop Expression with loopOut("cycle"). This will create a seamless loop. Cheers!

[@rgarlinyc]

Great effect, thanks for the clear explanations!

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fouzia-abida]

love it

[@rickarroyo]

Very nice! Thanks

[@deaosatori216]

how did you do the motion blur

[@emma6243]

Properties > Effects & Presets > write in "Motion Blur"

[@The8BitToons]

How do we make the duration of the animation longer? perhaps 10 minutes

[@envatotuts]

Hi! To extend the animation, increase the composition duration in the settings (Composition > Composition Settings) and adjust the snow effect’s particle lifespan to match. Hope this helps, cheers!

[@timarnold7239]

After creating my snowflake, I returned to the CC Particle World comp and I lost my particles. I scrub back and forth and I see nothing now. What did I do wrong? I followed each step but didn't get the same result. I redid the particle layer and as soon as I selected "Textured Faded Disc" from the "Particle Type" menu, the particles disappeared.

[@envatotuts]

Hi! It sounds like the particles might have disappeared due to a settings issue. Double-check the "Texture Layer" setting in the CC Particle World effect. Make sure it's linked to the correct snowflake layer. Also, verify the "Opacity Map" and "Birth Rate" settings-sometimes these can cause the particles to vanish unexpectedly. Cheers!

[@timarnold7239]

@@envatotuts Once I selected my snowflake composition, BOOM-everything was back and looking fine. Thanks for your fast response. I really prefer this effect to CC_Snowfall. A little bit of extra prep, but way more natural in appearance.

[@inkman002]

Great tutorial! How would i animate this so that a camera seems to be moving through the snow field?

[@mesembria95]

Very clearly explained, incredible tutorial.

[@envatotuts]

Glad you liked it

[@founderofself]

U can get snowflakes in an app tho

[@alexanderden2859]

Thank you!

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome!