Note how the snow gets added the same way you would use threshold in Photoshop, so you should use gradients to control where snow starts to gather in crevices. The wetness/shininess is faded in as the alpha channel moves from 100% to 0%
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Note how the snow gets added the same way you would use threshold in Photoshop, so you should use gradients to control where snow starts to gather in crevices. The wetness/shininess is faded in as the alpha channel moves from 100% to 0%. The alpha channel never hits 100% as we want it to become wet all over in rainy conditions, and the crevices are almost completely transparent, as snow gathers there initially.