ON1 Sky Replacement: I just downloaded the latest version of ON1 and was playing around with sky replacement. It seems to work well. I added the sky with the clouds. What do you think?

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Oct 9, 2021 11:05:28 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

I just downloaded the latest version of ON1 and was playing around with sky replacement. It seems to work well. I added the sky with the clouds. What do you think?

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Oct 9, 2021 11:36:39 #

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

The trees in the upper left seem to have a lot of blue tinge around the branches in both images. I would look for that in a sky replacement and try to eliminate it.
Beyond that, the clouds are just right for this picture.
Beyond that, I like replacing sky's myself, but have no interest in having software do "all" of it for me. I think it's similar to photographers not liking auto mode, no matter how good it is...

Oct 9, 2021 12:37:52 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

BigDaddy wrote:

Thanks for looking and for the comment. How do you replace skies?

Oct 9, 2021 13:07:46 #

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

StevenG wrote:

Thanks for looking and for the comment. How do you replace skies?

I just make a selection and replace it the old fashioned way. I don't have or use the auto sky replacement features of PS and I guess other editors now that do that for you. I'm not much of a fan of auto modes of camera or editors. If there was a button on my camera or on my editors that one click would give you a perfect picture, I'd quit editing and taking pictures. I guess for me it's the process more than the just the product.

I'm happy modern editors have improved selection tools to make it easier to do, but somewhere I draw the line. It's a conundrum.

Someone recently posted a pic where PS did a perfect sky replacement. It looked great, but alas, found myself mumbling about it, I guess it's like a perfect SOOC picture. Nice, but not what floats my boat. I'm much happier with a picture with 20 layers of edits to get something I like, than a SOOC, or 1 click edit to get something I like.

Oct 9, 2021 13:18:14 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

BigDaddy wrote:

I just make a selection and replace it the old fas... (show quote)

Thanks. I enjoy the results of processing photos, as well. I find sky replacements just one more tool in the box. Incidentally, I find it rare that one click will replace a perfect sky, regardless of the program. Once you “click”, there is usually more editing required to blend the sky correctly into the photo.

Oct 9, 2021 15:13:10 #

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

StevenG wrote:

I just downloaded the latest version of ON1 and was playing around with sky replacement. It seems to work well. I added the sky with the clouds. What do you think?

Better than Mother Nature ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️

Oct 9, 2021 15:55:29 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

joecichjr wrote:

Better than Mother Nature ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️

Thanks, Joe.

Oct 10, 2021 07:27:36 #

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

I prefer the original. White puffy clouds might have been better?

Oct 10, 2021 07:27:47 #

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Very nicely done!

Oct 10, 2021 08:27:21 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

Delderby wrote:

I prefer the original. White puffy clouds might have been better?

Thanks, Delderby. Perhaps. I tried a few skies and this seemed the best fit with the existing shadows and coloring.

Oct 10, 2021 08:27:42 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

yssirk123 wrote:

Very nicely done!

Thanks, Bill.

Oct 10, 2021 10:39:33 #

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

StevenG wrote:

I just downloaded the latest version of ON1 and was playing around with sky replacement. It seems to work well. I added the sky with the clouds. What do you think?

Now THAT, is a well done and proper sky replacement!

Stan

Oct 10, 2021 10:50:03 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

StanMac wrote:

Now THAT, is a well done and proper sky replacement!

Stan

Thanks Stan. Much appreciated!

Oct 10, 2021 13:38:29 #

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

I think it's not your sky.

Oct 10, 2021 14:12:42 #

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

josquin1 wrote:

I think it's not your sky.

Thanks for your comment.

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