Making Rain in After Effects

I have researched and found two ways to make rain in After Effects I have experimented with both and I found it much easier to do the second one rather than the first one.
This is the first one:

• Make a new composition - name it rain 
• Layer > new > Solid - call it rain
• Effect > simulation > cc particle world
• Floor  - off
• Physics > velocity, 0.00
• Producer  > position x, 0.00
• Producer > position y, -0.39
• Birth rate 0.3
• Longevity (sec) 1.10
• Particle > Birth colour (light grey)
• Particle > Death colour (almost black)

Here is the second one which I used:

• Move your footage to the timeline
• Effect > Simulation > cc rain
• Stopwatch angle > drag either side to change the angle the rain comes down and key frame it when you want it to change the angle.
• Effect > blur and sharpen > Bilateral blur
• To change how foggy it is change the threshold to 30
• Adjust the opacity to suite you
• Effect > colour correction > photo filter > cooling filter or whatever suites you
• Effect > colour correction > auto contrast > change temporal > smooth