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PPA Sky Swap Actions
Wow, there was a time we thought this day might never come. We’ve been asked for
YEARS now if we were going to offer a sky set. We know there are many amazing
vendors out there with beautiful skies, so we determined we were not going to enter into
this unless we had something groundbreaking to contribute to the genre. So while we
started collecting skies about a year ago, we have not released until now. Why? Well,
because we FINALLY cracked how to painlessly (really painlessly) swap out a sky. NO
tedious masking and blending. Just click, maybe a few swipes of a brush and done. If
you want to get super fancy, you can use some of the other editing options to further
enhance the realism of your sky, but those options are just as easy.
We are including a vast array of skies that we have collected with many different types
of light. This can help you to select the perfect sky to realistically match to your image.
But you can also use any other sky you have purchased or shot yourself and
incorporate it into your images using these actions.
The instructions are quite simple, really. In fact, if you get stuck, the Quick Start Guide
is the second action in the set. Press play for a refresher on what to do.
First we suggest that you always add your sky overlay to your image before you do any
editing. Raw editing is fine, but before you run any other actions, or do any other hand
editing, we suggest you choose your sky first. That way you can make sure that
everything blends together, and looks as if it has always been there.
For most images you will first run the Sky Extraction action. It will end with the
Background Layer selected. Keep this as is. Then run the Apply Overlay (I like the one
with Options), and select a sky in this process. Try to choose one that matches tone for
realism and watch that the light in the sky—where discernable—is coming from the
same direction as the light in your image. Place your sky and accept the placement and
the action will finish.
If you need to tidy up leaves, horizons, etc., get a strong (I use 100% opacity) black
brush and select the Extract Mask mask and paint along the areas that need clean up.
This will blend your skies more seamlessly. This will bring in some of the sky tones on
some of the areas (especially areas with darker clouds), but that is ok. It will help the
realism of the image, because it will give some of the color and mood of the sky, which
is important to having a realistic sky.
You can also grab the gradient with the Move tool on the Sky Layer and move the
gradient up and down to adjust the strength of your overlay as needed. It is not clipped
to the sky itself, so you can move it, stretch it, and tweak it as you’d like to add a little
more of the look you want to your image.
If you find that there are clouds appearing on your mountains or your grass or trees, you
can get rid of that by using your eye dropper tool and selecting a color in the sky and
then going to your actual sky overlay (It will say Sky Layer) and brush where you want
to get rid of the clouds. Make sure that you choose the actual sky image and not the
gradient map next to it.
If you want to blur the clouds (do so if your background is in bokeh), select the Sky
Layer and then run the Blur Overlay action. If you do it more than once, choose the Sky
Layer again. To adjust the Blur layer (in Photoshop), click on the Sky Layer.
Underneath thumbnails, you will find the Smart Object options. Click on the Gaussian
blur option and it will bring up a dialog to adjust the strength of the blur.
If there is water or snow or sand that is reflective, you can sample a color from the sky
to paint in the Paint Sky Color layer to give a more seamless tone to the image. A lot of
people initially want to reflect the sky exactly into the water (you could do this again, but
doing a second sky insert with the same sky over the water), but unless you are VERY
close to the subject and the light is just right, that is not the way the water will
realistically reflect. Often you will get a lighter tone and a different angle. So consider
that with the water if you are striving for realism.
If you lose details to the extraction, you can use the Paint Back details layer with a white
brush.
To use the options in the Apply Overlay with options, simply slide the various sliders to
taste.
If you want to add a direct reflection of your chosen sky to water, we have the Apply
Water Reflection action. Choose the same sky you selected with your sky portion of
your image. Then, position the sky to your liking over the water portion of your image.
Press Enter. Then paint the reflection where desired by painting with a soft white brush
on the black mask portion of the layer. Adjust opacity to taste. You can also change
the blending mode from Hard light to Overlay or Soft Light. Play with the different
modes and see what looks best for your particular photo.
Helpful Hints:
If you really like a sky where the light is coming from the side (you’ll notice this because
the clouds will have shadows on the side where the light is NOT coming from), and your
image has a stronger light coming from the opposite side, you can still use the sky, but
we recommend selecting the Sky Layer and then using the transform option.
Command/Ctrl+T and then right click in the transform box and choose Flip Horizontal to
swap the side the light is coming from. This will help with realism.
Also, if you want to tweak the extract mask (sometimes needed if there is a lot of tone in
the sky from boring, overcast clouds), you can click on the Extract Mask layer mask
itself and then when it brings up the Mask Options (Photoshop only for this trick, not
Elements), you can choose the Color Range option and hold down the Shift key and
click on the areas that are not disappearing. Click ok to modify your mask. I rarely do
this, but it is an option.
If you want to remove the sky color from something (darker colors might bleed at times),
you can select the original tone of the area you want to remove the sky color and paint
with that on the “Paint Sky Color” layer. Start at a low opacity to give realism.
We hope this new way of swapping out skies gives you more creative control of your
images and saves you a lot of time. That’s what we’re all about here at Pure.
Innovation to help the photographer succeed!
If you want to watch a few video tutorials you can view them here. Each one covers
different aspects of the sky overlays and different scenarios and tips and tricks.
http://youtu.be/7gq0NqASpZc
http://youtu.be/gjgN21Sqwwo
http://youtu.be/u2UBWqYUb0Y
http://youtu.be/gji0Ndd_Plo
http://youtu.be/guSwPenLgY
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