Photo Plus - UK (2020-09)

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THE MISSION

Use our free sky

library to replace a

dull sky in Elements

Time needed

15 minutes

Skill level

Beginner

Kit needed

Photoshop

Elements 2020

Fix dreary skies

It ’s e asy to lose det ail in the bright skie s of your landsc ape s, but fe ar not!

Dan Mold shows you how to replace an overexposed sky with ease

ven the most advanced

digital cameras on the

market will struggle to

handle the exposure

between a bright sky and

the foreground, as they have

to meter to expose for one

or the other. This often

leads to sky details being

blown out and lost, but fear

not, you can replace the sky

in Photoshop to save it!

We’ve been busy shooting a

library compiled of 50 sky images

that you can download for free and

add to your landscape to transform

a shot that would be great if it

didn’t have an overexposed sky.

See the link (bottom left) to get

hold of your free sky library today.

Weather is such a varied part of

landscape photography that you

could turn up to a great location

only to have no clouds in sight, or

have it be totally overcast, both of

which can make your scene look

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of cloud and blue sky to give your

landscapes good, punchy,

contrast. So, adding a new sky to

shots like this will also help

breathe new life into them.

All of our sky images are high

resolution and sized to A4 and in

our step-by-step here you’ll see

how you can add them to a

landscape, resize it and fade it in

to make it look seamless. Along

the way you’ll learn how to make

a composite picture, resize

images, improve your selections

and discover how to use Layer

Masks in Photoshop and

Photoshop Elements.

Rescue your overexposed

landscape photographs destined

for the trash and follow our

technique to try it out for yourself.

You can also watch t he

accompanying video to see it done

in real-time.

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A F T E R

BEFORE^

DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES

TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM:

http://downloads.

photoplusmag.com/pp169.zip

WATCH VIDEO ONLINE

http://bit.ly/pp_169_4

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