Re: Using Rain Effect

Hi Jon,
A few years back I shot a film in which one of the shots required rain. I managed to create a very real rain composite by shooting some spray from my garden hose falling in front of a black polly board. I shot on a bright day which made the drops stand out really well (just watch out for direct sun, or rainbows will ruin your effect). Just make sure the spray is pointing in the direction you need the rain to be falling. The bigger droplets, the better. You can play with distance from your "rain" as well. Once you have the correct material, you can use a luma key, or possibly chroma key. Personally I prefer to use compositing. I have to admit that I originally composited my shot using DFX and unfortunately cannot give you any settings for Vegas...but I believe it should be no problem at all.
Good luck,

Bruce Quayle