This tutorial is to help you learn how to replace the sky of one
photo with the more interesting sky of another photo. I have
had many photos where the landscape is very interesting but the sky
is somewhat boring. With this technique you can fix that
problem by simply changing the sky. Ok, once you have your pictures open in photoshop:
1. On the photo
with the interesting sky, Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to
select the whole sky.
2. Then Copy the selection (Edit>Copy).
Then open the photo that you want to use the sky in and Paste the
selection (Edit>Paste).
3. This placed the new sky in the
other photo on a new layer. You can now move the sky into
place by using the Move Tool (V). 4.
You may need to adjust the opacity or brightness and contrast of the
new layer with the sky so that it matches the landscape of the new
photo. I simply lowered the opacity a little in this photo.
5. In order to take out the
sharp edge that separates the sky from the landscape, first of
all you can add a Reveal All Layer Mask to the layer with the sky
(Layer>Add Layer Mask>Reveal All).
6. Then select a
good sized soft edged paint brush. And with the Layer Mask
selected, paint black on the places that need to blended
more. A good technique would be to lower the opacity of the
paint brush as you edge up into the sky portion while blending.
For different photos, the process and amount of adjustment won't be
exactly the same. This technique can dramatically improve any
photo with a somewhat boring sky. |
