# AI Rain Effect > Put yourself in a cinematic night-rain scene: wet street, neon reflections, film color grade. - URL: https://soracai.com/ai-rain-effect - Type: photo effect - Category: Portrait (https://soracai.com/effects/portrait) - Cost: 10 credits per run (packs from $4.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md) - Inputs: Your photo – One person, waist-up or closer, face clearly visible; Extra details (optional) (optional) – e.g. holding a clear umbrella, black trench coat - Time: about 15 seconds - Watermark: none - Updated: 2026-10-04 ## What is the AI Rain Effect? The AI rain effect puts you on a city street at night in heavy rain. Your hair and clothes look soaked, water beads on your skin, rain streaks catch the glow of warm street lamps, and the wet pavement reflects neon signs behind you. The image is graded in moody teal and amber with a shallow depth of field, so it reads like a still from a film. Rain portraits have been a favorite of photographers for a long time, but they are hard to shoot for real. You need rain or a hose, backlight to make the drops visible, and a camera you don't mind getting wet. On TikTok and Instagram the look became a popular AI trend once image models could add believable water to skin and hair without making faces waxy. Soracai's rain page was one of the site's early trend templates, and this version keeps the same cinematic direction with tighter instructions to preserve your face. It works with almost any clear photo of you: a selfie, a daytime street shot or a picture from a dinner. The scene, light and weather are replaced. You stay the same. ## What makes rain look real Real rain is mostly invisible unless light hits it from behind or the side. That is why the template places warm street lamps and neon signs behind you: they turn the falling drops into bright streaks and give the wet pavement reflections to work with. On the subject, believable rain shows up as darker, clumped hair, fabric that clings and turns a shade deeper, and small round droplets on skin rather than an even shine. The teal-and-amber grade is a common film look. Cool shadows and warm highlights separate a lit face from a dark background. Together these details get the image closer to a night shoot and away from an overlay filter. ## Ways to vary the scene The default is a city street at night, but the details field lets you push it somewhere else. Try "rooftop in the rain with the skyline behind", "standing under a bus stop light", "red neon sign, cyberpunk feel" or "daytime rain, grey sky, softer light". Wardrobe changes work too, like a trench coat, a hoodie or a formal dress soaked through. For a set of images that look like they belong together, keep the same details text and change only your source photo. For a different mood with the same subject, keep the photo and vary the light: warm lamps feel romantic, while blue neon feels colder and lonelier. ## How to use it 1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-rain-effect and upload a photo. 2. Press Generate (10 credits). 3. Download the image. ## Tips - Use a photo where you are waist-up or closer. Rain detail on skin and hair is the point, and it gets lost in full-body shots. - A slightly serious or distant expression fits the mood. Big smiles can look odd in a downpour, though some people like the contrast. - Add props in the details field, such as "clear umbrella", "hood up" or "leather jacket". - Glasses are fine. The model usually adds drops to the lenses too, which looks good. - If the backdrop looks too busy, ask for "empty street, fewer signs" in the details field. ## Use cases - A moody profile picture or cover image - Album, single or playlist artwork for musicians - Posts and carousels about a breakup, a move or a new chapter - Character concept shots for short films and stories ## FAQ ### How do I add a rain effect to a photo? Upload a clear photo of yourself and generate. The template puts you in a night-rain street scene with wet hair, water droplets and reflections, and keeps your face as it is. Use the details field to add an umbrella or change the outfit. ### Can I keep my original background? This template replaces the scene with a rainy city street. For rain over your own background, describe the setting in the details field, for example "in the same garden as the photo". Results vary, because the template is built around the street look. ### Does it work for group photos? It is tuned for one person. Group photos may work, but faces are more likely to change, so a single-person photo gives the most reliable result. ### Will the AI change my face? It is instructed to keep your face, identity and skin tone exactly as in the photo. Wet hair changes how you look a little, which is expected. Regenerate if anything else drifts. ### Is the rain effect free? New accounts get free credits to try photo templates, including this one. There is no watermark on the result. ### Where is my uploaded photo stored? In Firebase Storage (Google Cloud), linked to your account, so the image can be generated and saved to your creations. It is not public. 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