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Three great Sky Replacement examples^4Here are more Sky Replacement experiments we did in Luminar 4
Black-and-white
Sometimes black-and-white is the
perfect medium for dramatic skies.
We created this photo by using a
dramatic sky of our own, then adding
a new Adjustment Layer (see our tips
below) to apply a ready-made Luminar
black-and-white Look. You can use
other adjustments freely alongside
the AI Sky Replacement tool.
Sunset
This sunset effect was created using
one of Luminar’s ‘Sunset’ replacement
skies, with the Relight Scene slider
turned up to maximum to spread the
yellow glow across the image. We
added a vignette to exaggerate the
lighting, and applied Luminar’s Sun
Rays filter to produce the appearance
of rays from the setting sun.
Stormy skies
From a photographic point of view, flat
blue skies can be almost as boring as
dull grey overcast, so we decided to
replace the blue sky in this scene with
a more stormy version. The new sky
needed a subtler gradation towards
the horizon, so we used the Edit Mask
button in the AI Sky Replacement
filter panel (see the tips below).
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Match the lighting
Pay attention to the lighting
in the original scene, then try
to find a sky that matches it.
Here, the position of the sun in the sky
matches the way the light is falling
on the landscape below.5
Blend with a gradient
In nature, skies have a lighter
tone near the horizon, and a
replacement sky won’t always
have that. Click the Edit Mask button to
add a gradient mask that blends in the
replacement sky more gradually.4
Add a vignette
If you’re adding a dark sky to
a bright scene, it can be hard
to balance the brightness.
One quick and easy solution is to apply
a vignette, as the edge-darkening effect
helps draw the image together.Before After
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