So for example – if I move the sky down and start painting, you’ll see that Photoshop will try to blend elements of the original background with your sky replacement. Which brings us to the move tool – hit V to to readjust the position of the sky replacement to line it up properly with the original picture.Īnd if you zoom in and move around with the Zoom and Hand tools, you can use the Sky Brush tool by hitting B to carefully paint over and extend or reduce the sky area. Warning though – if your sky replacement contains any elements in the background – like this one does, with the mountains, shifting the edge can make them appear in the wrong place.

This helps me to blend the original elements of the shot into the sky. The shift edge slider allows me to adjust where the sky replacement transitions into the background. So because this was taken at sunset, I’ll want to choose something warmer. Might want to consider dropping in your own, because I’m sure these will be seen everywhere within a few weeks. Photoshop comes pre-loaded with a few choices, or you can also drop in your own. The first step is to choose a sky that actually matches your picture. Photoshop will immediately detect the edge of the background, and then replace it with a different sky. I’ve opened up this shot in Photoshop, then I’m going to head over to Edit > Sky Replacement.

This feature came out at the perfect time, because I just took that horribly overexposed shot with my DJI Mavic Air 2 a couple of weeks ago.īut the sky replacement tool fixed it for me within two minutes, and that’s exactly how long this video will take to break it down for you. Hey everyone – today, I’m going to be walking you through the brand new sky replacement feature in Photoshop.

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