How to add falling snow, rain or fireworks to a photo

Open Photo filters, choose a photo, tap the Seasons tab and pick a look such as Snowfall, Rainfall or Fireworks. Change how many flakes or drops there are and how big they are under Adjust, then download. Everything is drawn in your browser.

Steps

1. Open Photo filters and choose a photo. Outdoor shots with some sky work well, but a portrait in a room works too.
2. Tap Seasons. The tab holds Snowfall, Rainfall, Fog, Falling leaves, Cherry blossom, Sun flare and Fireworks, plus Christmas glow from 1 November to 6 January.
3. Tap a look. When a person is in the photo, the page finds them on your device the first time, which downloads small models from this site.
4. Under Applied looks, set the Strength, then open Adjust for the look's own sliders.
5. Download.

What each Seasons look adds

Each look also changes the light to match. Snow cools and brightens the photo, rain darkens it, and leaves warm it, so the particles do not look pasted onto a summer afternoon.

Snow in front of you and behind you

When a person is found, the nearest flakes, drops, leaves and petals fall in front of them and the rest fall behind. The flakes in front are kept off the face, so eyes and mouth stay clear. Fireworks always stay behind the person, in the sky.

If no one is in the photo, the particles fall over the whole scene, which suits a street, a garden or a skyline.

Fog works out distance from a depth map when the page already made one for a light or a silhouette; otherwise it uses height in the photo, so the top fades more than the bottom.

Settings for common photos

• A soft winter portrait: Snowfall, How many around the middle, Size low, Wind low. Add Warm film 400 from the Film tab below it for warmer skin.
• A blizzard: Snowfall with How many and Wind raised.
• A New Year, Diwali or festival photo: Fireworks at full strength, then add a greeting with the Text tool.
• A moody city street: Rainfall with Fog raised. Night city from the Made for tab pairs with it.
• A spring profile picture: Cherry blossom at a lower strength so the petals stay light.

The same picture every time

Snow, rain, leaves, petals and fireworks are placed from a fixed pattern, sized to the photo. The preview, the download and the live camera with filters all show the flakes in the same places, so what you see before saving is what you get. Change How many or Size to get a different arrangement.

Making a card or a story

For a greeting card, add your words with the Text tool in the same editor; white text with the outline on stays readable over snow. For a story, make a 9:16 copy afterwards in the social media image resizer.

A small "Made with t.myu" credit starts in the bottom-left corner of the picture; tap the cross on it to save without it.

Questions

Can I add snow to a photo that has no person in it?

Yes. The particles then fall over the whole photo. The person matters only for placing some flakes in front.

Why is Christmas glow missing?

It is offered from 1 November to 6 January. The other Seasons looks are offered all year.

Does the snow cover faces?

The flakes that fall in front of the person are kept off the face.

Is my photo uploaded to add the effect?

No. The effect is drawn in your browser and the photo stays on your device.