STEP 28: Duplicate the Tents layer again,
change its color to white (#ffffff ), and
increase its Opacity to 100%. With a small
soft brush set to black, paint on the layer
mask to remove the white on the darker
tents. This has saved us the step of having
to independently select the tents. Rename
this layer “White Tent.”
Duplicate the White Tent layer and
change the color to light gray (#e6e6e6).
Group the White Tent layers in a folder called
“White Tent,” and group the darker Tents
layers in a group folder called “Dark Tents.”STEP 29: The sky is extremely dull, there-
fore we’ll add a new sky. I have a folder
filled with different skies (which I strongly
recommend everyone have). The best way
to choose the sky to use is to determine
which direction the sun was shining when
the photo was taken. Go to File>Place
Embedded, navigate to the sky you want
to use, and click Place. Drag the bounding
box around the sky to the top of the photo,
and then adjust the scale so the new sky
fills all the visible area of the original sky.
Press Enter to commit the sky.
I placed the sky layer just above Layer
1 (the Spot Healing Brush layer), so it’ll be
under the trees and the finite retouching
done on the image. Once your sky is
placed and scaled, rename the layer “Sky.”
Reduce the Opacity to the point you’re
able to see through it to the tree leaves
(this amount will vary photo to photo). For
this photo, I reduced the Opacity to 43%.
Add a layer mask to the Sky layer.
Select a soft brush at a small size (6 or
7 px) set to black, and paint away the sky
that’s on the fence, trees, truck, etc. This
requires you to zoom in to a comfortable
percentage, and have patience, especially
around the tree leaves. Notice that, for
this particular sky, the clouds show on
the trees. Paint away the clouds on the
tree leaves, leaving clouds/sky between
leaves in the open spaces. When finished,
change the blending mode to Darken and
reduce the Opacity to 20%.Note: You could try the new Sky Replacement feature in Photoshop
under the Edit menu, but you might have a little trouble with the reso-
lution and quality of this image. If you want to give it a try, make sure
the Background copy layer is active first, and then you’ll need to adjust
the Shift Edge slider in the Sky Replacement dialog to try and remove
the sky from the fence and tent areas. After you click OK, it creates a
Sky Replacement Group. You’ll want to drag this group above Layer 1
(the Spot Healing Brush layer). You can then paint on the layer masks
in the group to control where the sky appears. You’ll also want to note
that it adjusts the color of the image to try and match the new sky. HOW TOPHOTOSHOP USER
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