I did this one in about 30 min using a Luminosity mask and then changing its contrast before applying it to your picture. I did it all in Photoshop. It would look a lot better if I was using a high resolution image. It has taken me a year to get a decent handle on masking. The examples that are shown on line and in YouTube make it look so easy but the examples are never complex and therefore misleading as how simple they are to use. Experience this the only way to do what you want. Get Photoshop and then keep learning a bit at a time and you'l get the results you want. Take small steps otherwise it will become overwhelming.
Ted d
Loc: Green Valley, AZ.
Changing the sky or any background is very easy with On 1 one stroke. the program comes with many skys or you can use your own. I suggest that you look at their website and view the lessons on this or any subject.
After looking at this entire thread my question is, Haven't you guys heard of Blend modes such as Darken?
What about Blend-If?
This is a a 2 minute job.
On1 2018 raw trial will do it in a few minutes
tomad wrote:
Hey pp experts, I have a photo that has a white (cloudy) sky behind a complex structure of tree limbs with colorful leaves. I've looked at a dozen tutorials on changing sky color (to blue) but every one uses a mask from another photo employing erasing or painting to get around foreground objects. This, if not impossible, would take a year (for me) with this photo because of the complex tree structure with lots of sky showing through between leaves and limbs.
I would think there should be a way to isolate part of the photo to be changed and then just adjust/change one of the colors in that part; in this case the white sky to blue but I have not been able to find a tutorial that shows how to do that. I'm using Luminar, but even a photoshop tutorial may help as I may be able to translate the method to Luminar.
Thanks in advance for any helpful answers.
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I used to take a blue filter and place it in front of the lens half way up in front of the lens- also bought a graduated blue filter and put it on the camera- you can adjust the picture through the camera also. Canon does it in the software of the camera also. Darkening the shot in PP helps sometimes. Just put the filter in your shirt pocket then it's there when needed.
Get the program, Smart Photo Editor. It works well.
tomad wrote:
Hey pp experts, I have a photo that has a white (cloudy) sky behind a complex structure of tree limbs with colorful leaves. I've looked at a dozen tutorials on changing sky color (to blue) but every one uses a mask from another photo employing erasing or painting to get around foreground objects. This, if not impossible, would take a year (for me) with this photo because of the complex tree structure with lots of sky showing through between leaves and limbs.
I would think there should be a way to isolate part of the photo to be changed and then just adjust/change one of the colors in that part; in this case the white sky to blue but I have not been able to find a tutorial that shows how to do that. I'm using Luminar, but even a photoshop tutorial may help as I may be able to translate the method to Luminar.
Thanks in advance for any helpful answers.
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Try putting clouds behind the trees. Find a sky that matches up enough so you get some blue sky and some clouds where you need them
If you have Lightroom, my suggestions would be as follows:
1.) use the brush tool to select the sky
2.) use the dehaze control and see what happens
3.) if necessary, adjust the controls for blue color (hue, saturation, and lumiance) for additional changes.
dannac
Loc: 60 miles SW of New Orleans
dave.m wrote:
If I knew how to insert images in the text as I went along this would be easier!
I agree ... does anyone know how to do that !
Thanks for the write up and images.
Sometimes this works, sometimes not but give it a try... Replace sky thru trees tutorial. Based on Photoshop.
Open Picture you are working on. Open separate photo with replacement sky. Select all. Edit-Copy. Or Do a selection; then copy & paste over original.
Paste over original... Select Darken... adjust opacity.
choose colors Black and White on left menu. (Ctrl D)
Open Gradient tool: Linear Foreground to transparent
Draw straight line over sky are going upward
adjust capacity again
You may need to make some adjustments but this should get you close.
Good Luck
DeanS
Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
That photo looks like the covered bridge near Asheboro. It washed away a few years ago,but much of the timber was recovered and the bridge reconstructed. I was here before and after and the rebuild crew did an amazing job!
DWU2
Loc: Phoenix Arizona area
tomad wrote:
Ok, but I want to learn by doing it myself so I'm looking for suggestions of the best way(s) to do it. I don't just want someone to do it for me...
Although the original photo would have been a better starting point, I took a screenshot and put it through Landscape Pro Studio. Total editing time: about 2 minutes.
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
YeloCab1 wrote:
Try putting clouds behind the trees. Find a sky that matches up enough so you get some blue sky and some clouds where you need them
Was that photo done in PS or something else? How did you outline the layer mask with the sky so that it would not look faked and how long did that take?
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