Sunshine is fine, but rain hits different. Learn how to build a layered, realistic rain effect in After Effects — with depth, motion, and a clean separation between the rain and your subject. In this tutorial, you'll discover how to: - Apply CC Rainfall to an adjustment layer and dial in drop size, speed, and density - Duplicate the layer with adjusted settings to create convincing foreground and background depth - Mask background rain away from your subject and keyframe the mask to follow their movement Perfect for music videos, short films, and cinematic social content. Got a rainy scene you're working on? Comment below and save this tutorial for your next project. Contents of this video: 00:01 Intro and meet author Dave Ko 00:26 Opening the project and preparing the scene 00:50 Adding the CC Rainfall effect with an adjustment layer 01:29 Customizing rain properties for realism 02:28 Creating depth by duplicating and adjusting rainfall 03:02 Masking rain to separate foreground ...