Replacing the Sky using Adobe PhotoShop Elements |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Friday, 2nd March, 2007 at 5:27 PM |
- Open a file with a sky you want to use
- Maximise the view
- Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool
- Hold down the mouse button and drag to select a square of sky to copy
- Press Crtl-C
- Open a file that needs the sky replacing
- From the Layer menu, select Duplicate layer and click OK
- Select the Magic Wand Tool (Make sure the tolerance is set to about 30)
- Click on the Eye next to the Background layer to hide that layer
- Click on the white sky
- Hold down the Shift button and click in the small space next to the drain pipe so that all the sky is now selected
- Press Delete
- Press Ctrl-V to paste the sky onto a new layer
- Select layer 1 (sky) and drag it down below the Background copy layer
- Select the move tool and drag the corners of the sky to fill the whole space including the drain space.
- Double click within the sky square to complete the change
- From the Enhance Menu select Adjust lighting then Brightness/Contrast
- Adjust the values to fit the sky to the lighting of the original photo and click OK
