NEW SKY REPLACEMENT P
feature in Photoshop
hotoshop 2021 was just released by Adobe, and there are a number of revolutionary changes that I would call brilliant. The one we’ve all been waiting for is an amazing tool for replacing the sky in a complex and challenging image. Most of the tutorials that have already been posted online show this tool being used on very simple sky-replacement situations such as a distant mountain range, the horizon at the ocean, or a modern cityscape with sharpedged buildings. These scenarios are too easy, and they don’t show the real capability of this
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new software development. In the photo below of a private home in France, the spires atop each of the conical terminations of the towers are very fine and easy to lose when compositing, and the trees behind the architecture have lots of detail. Using the simple options and sliders within the Sky Replacement feature, I was able to replace the bland and boring original sky with one of my own stormy skies. This transformed the shot, and the juncture between the new clouds and the house and forest is flawless. The procedure is easier than you might think: Open an image with a sky, and then use the
