Photoshop User - USA (2021-01)

STEP EIGHT: With Free Transform still

active, go to Edit>Transform>Flip

Vertical. The Sky and Foreground

Lighting layers are linked by default,

and we just linked the masks, so

everything will flip around this

center point. Press Enter to commit

the transformation.

STEP NINE: Now we just have to

turn off the flipped photo layer (or

delete it), turn on the original Sky

Replacement Group, and we’re good

to go! I like to lower the Opacity

of the reflection and convert the

reflected Sky layer into a smart object

for additional effects, such as adding

an Oil Paint texture or other elements

to “sell” the reflection. Remember to

temporarily remove the mask from

the Sky layer before you make it

into a smart object! (See last issue’s

article for more on that.)

MANUALLY REPLACING

REPLACED SKIES

There’s nothing that says we have to

use the same image, or even have

a sky with which to work. In this

next image, I’ll use the same sky

from above to color the area under

water, but I want to add a lightning

image above the water, which isn’t

part of the default gallery that ships

with Photoshop. There are a couple

of approaches we could take. The

first is to open Sky Replacement

and use the Create New Sky icon at

the bottom of the sky gallery. This

adds the image to your gallery and

lets Adobe Sensei start crunching

on color information. But what if

you don’t want to use an image

more than once? The gallery could

easily get filled up quickly. Let’s get

started on this stock photo. You can

find this photo on Adobe Stock by

clicking here.

©Adobe Stock/lassedesignen

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