Thursday, November 6, 2008

Photoshop Workbench 151: Rendering Clouds

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In this Workbench, we’ll explore a simple way to replace the washed out white sky with a cloud-filled, blue sky. I’m also making the assumption that you don’t have access to an inventory of skies, so I’ll illustrate how to generate a sky in Photoshop. Following the sky replacement, we’ll investigate a pair of techniques for balancing the new sky with the original subject.

4 Responses to “Photoshop Workbench 151: Rendering Clouds”

  1. Anita Jesse Says:
    Friday, November 7, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Mark, on November 5 a fellow blogger passed the Kreativ Blogger Award to me, and that meant I was to name six deserving recipients at my blog. I listed you. I know that you are not an ordinary blogger, but at the moment I was thinking more than usual about the debt of gratitude that I owe you. Impulsively, I passed on the award to you. Your tutorials have made a major difference for me, and there are no words to express my appreciation. I hope you will long find the time to share your amazing knowledge with us. Thank you.

  2. George Says:
    Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Mark, I always learn from these workbenches. There is such a learning curve to Photoshop and you have gotten me very comfortable working with it.

    I actually found out that this technique works for a sky that does not have any clouds in it, but has a blue sky.. Just use the color picker to select the color from the sky you have, find the blending mode that you find acceptable, then use a mask with the black brush to remove the effect from the rest of the picture.

    I also learned here with my “playing with the technique” that it is very important to select the color of the sky you want, even with what I said up above. If you don’t select the color, the sky is black and is not the “desired effect” (at least for me and what I was trying to accomplish).

    Thanks for this great lesson.

  3. Joseph Braun Says:
    Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Hey there Mark,

    I like your new site! I particularly like your logo. Did you use ‘god beams’ to get that effect or was it something else? I’m sure you’re just swamped with questions but I’d love to know.

    It’s always a pleasure to listen to you.

    Warm regards,

    Joseph

  4. Heather Barger Says:
    Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 2:37 am

    Hi,
    I thought your tutorial was excellent. So well explained and easy to follow. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to follow tutorials and become stuck because something that may have been obvious to the instructor but not to me, was missed out.
    Many thanks
    Heather

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