I hate the way the sky looks, especially when printed. Is there a way in CS2 to make it more blue. I just got this program yesterday and haven't learned all of the ways to adjust color yet. (so many options to chose from)...
Thank you
ok, can't figure out how to insert the photo into this text.. It's the baseball shot in my portfolit..
I hate the way the sky looks, especially when printed. Is there a way in CS2 to make it more blue. I just got this program yesterday and haven't learned all of the ways to adjust color yet. (so many options to chose from)...
OK.. Well, that's what I was afraid of.. It was an overcast day and really bright out, so I don't know if there was something I could have done differently while shooting the picture.. Thanks for your time.
1. select sky with magic wand
2. select/select similar
3. use rectangular marquee to REMOVE everything below the sky from the selection
4. add the hills to the selection
5. select/modify/expand 1 pixel
save selection (select/save selection) as "sky"
now add a new layer (layer/new layer), be sure the selection is loaded, and pick a nice deep blue for the foreground color in the color picker. Draw a foreground-to-transparent gradient from top of sky to bottom on the new, empty layer (it's one of the gradient options in the toolbar flyout when gradient tool is selected).
Now use image/adjustment/hue saturation to modify the color of that gradient to suit, and fine-tune the result by fading the new layer's opacity.
On this example I also did a levels adjustment at the end for more pop.
1. select sky with magic wand
2. select/select similar
3. use rectangular marquee to REMOVE everything below the sky from the selection
4. add the hills to the selection
5. select/modify/expand 1 pixel
save selection (select/save selection) as "sky"
now add a new layer (layer/new layer), be sure the selection is loaded, and pick a nice deep blue for the foreground color in the color picker. Draw a foreground-to-transparent gradient from top of sky to bottom on the new, empty layer (it's one of the gradient options in the toolbar flyout when gradient tool is selected).
Now use image/adjustment/hue saturation to modify the color of that gradient to suit, and fine-tune the result by fading the new layer's opacity.
On this example I also did a levels adjustment at the end for more pop.
Robt.
Thank you Robert...I appreciate the step by step instructions... This looks really natural.. I'm off to try, wish me luck. :-)
1. select sky with magic wand
2. select/select similar
3. use rectangular marquee to REMOVE everything below the sky from the selection
4. add the hills to the selection
5. select/modify/expand 1 pixel
save selection (select/save selection) as "sky"
now add a new layer (layer/new layer), be sure the selection is loaded, and pick a nice deep blue for the foreground color in the color picker. Draw a foreground-to-transparent gradient from top of sky to bottom on the new, empty layer (it's one of the gradient options in the toolbar flyout when gradient tool is selected).
Now use image/adjustment/hue saturation to modify the color of that gradient to suit, and fine-tune the result by fading the new layer's opacity.
On this example I also did a levels adjustment at the end for more pop.
Robt.
Howcome mine has the gradient from bottom of sky to the top.. I can't figure out how to fix this..
Another alternative that doesn't require a lot of editing is to find an image you have that has a plausible sky in regards to tone, color, look for the time of day, then copy & paste it in a layer, masking out everything but the sky. When it comes time to do the clean-up work, ie get the white halos and such out of the edges, use the clone tool in darken mode, select an area horizontal to where you want to remove the offending white halos, and just clone away, no need to be exacting, as the darken mode will basically leave anything untouched that isn't darker than the sample. When done, use the history brush in multiply mode to bring the tree lines back, maybe starting at 15-20%, making several light passes rather than one heavy pass. When done you can have a quickly edited, plausible image that looks balanced and not edited.
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ok so i started trying to replace the sky then the trees got me pissed off so i got rid of them then i decided that it would be cooler if they were playing in Wrigley:)
