Today, we’re going to show you Photoshop Tutorial: how to replace the sky in Photoshop. Shooting images in daylight are always brilliant inspiration to create art for photographer. Taking the advantage of natural light are crucial point in shooting process. However, one of the disappointing things can happen to photographers is to have the weather let you down. “A good or a bad weather” are at the heart of what most photographer interest in. It’s great when we have bright blue skies in the background of photos but bad days are inevitables.
To adress this issue, we are going to learn a simple techniques to replace the sky in Photoshop.
Photoshop Tutorial: How to replace the sky in Photoshop
You can change the sky in an image in a number of ways. Here we will present you how to replace the sky in an image by using Magic Wand. The Magic Wand would be good choice for selecting the sky.
First of all we need to find the suitable background. You can build up the collection of sky by shooting them or finding from image source in social media channel. These will help you own many choices to find a good placement.
Note that once the sky is cut out, it is important to choose the right sky. You should make sure that both of the photos are the same size as well, which may mean you’ll need to resize one before moving on to fit your scene.
Seconds, using the Magic wand tool are next step you can realize. This tool will allow you to hide the sky layer. It is very convienient as you use image with the sky that have all the same color. You need to choose the whole of current sky section and create a new layer and filled the section with a solid colour.
Thirds, you create Clipping mask by pressing Layer-> Create Clipping mask layer ( the shortcut CMD/CTRL, Shilf+G). With Clipping mask will help you place your sky layer inside of the solid filled layer. Let’s move it until you feel pleasure.
Then, you choose the solod filled layer and hold down CMD/CTRL and click on the layer review to refine the edges. Use the marquee tool to soften the edges slightly.
Next, you have to fill the gaps. To begin with simply create a duplicate sky layer, then hide it. In this step we are going to fill in the gaps. To do this, go Select > Colour Range. You can choose appropriate color to fill the gaps until you feel the most comfortable.
Creating the Mask layer is next choice. After Select->Colour Range->OK. You can select the duplicated sky layer. Then at the bottom of the layers panel, you will find a small square box with a circle inside. This button is the add layer mask tool. This works similar to the clipping mask layer. It will show the areas of the cloud layer through the mask.
Photoshop adds a new layer mask to Layer 1, and if we look at the mask’s preview thumbnail in the Layers panel, we see that the area we selected is filled with white, which means it should still be visible in the document, while the area that was not selected is filled with black and should now be hidden.
And if we look at the image in the document window, sure enough, that’s exactly what we see. The area I selected is still visible, while the area above it is now hidden, revealing the sky photo on the Background layer below it. We’ve replaced the sky in the original photo.
Adjusting and tidy the image up are important and indispensable steps. Using the vector mask will allow you to select in your colour range selection. After selecting the layer mask, let’s use a black brush to paint over the areas you don’t want in the image. If you want to replace areas simply change the colour to white.
Finally, keep in mind that you check all the mistakes before saving them. Besides, you can add some adjustments to make your images more stunning if you wanna.
So, anyway we hope that you will enjoy this sky replacement tutorial. Check out all out other free tutorial here!. Do you have other methods to replace the sky in Photoshop?. Please share your experiences in the comment below. It’s greate to see you here at the Fotosolution.
