Monsal Head/Viaduct Deryshire
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There's a great sky already there. Just drop the gamma and you'll see it. 
Sorry mate, I know you're gagging for info but till we can get the 'How To's done, you'll have to wait, but all you need is there without dropping a sky in if you have a play with the processing.
Sorry mate, I know you're gagging for info but till we can get the 'How To's done, you'll have to wait, but all you need is there without dropping a sky in if you have a play with the processing.
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not sure how its suposed to be done not in the mood to crack open the photoshop book I bought myself for xmas what I did in CS2 was
Select - Colour range
click on the sky and adjust the slider till I had it all then ok
Right click on the selection - feather - 5 pixels
Right click again -layer via copy
In the new layer
image - adjustments - levels - moved left little triangle right until I could see some detail
Layer - new fill layer - gradient - I picked a "simple" one at random was purple I think
right click on the gradient layer in the layer box - blending options - pin light
Layer - flaten image
image - adjustments - auto levels + Auto colour
finally save for web
Its by no means perfect as I'm making it up as I go and rushing but you get the idea. In general make an new layer of the sky with a feathered selection (if I'd used a smaller feather I'd have avoided the darkening along the edge of the hill) else you'll get an obvious join, then tweak the new layer untill you get a sky you're happy with. I'm not sure playing with the gradient layer actually did anything :banghead:
Select - Colour range
click on the sky and adjust the slider till I had it all then ok
Right click on the selection - feather - 5 pixels
Right click again -layer via copy
In the new layer
image - adjustments - levels - moved left little triangle right until I could see some detail
Layer - new fill layer - gradient - I picked a "simple" one at random was purple I think
right click on the gradient layer in the layer box - blending options - pin light
Layer - flaten image
image - adjustments - auto levels + Auto colour
finally save for web
Its by no means perfect as I'm making it up as I go and rushing but you get the idea. In general make an new layer of the sky with a feathered selection (if I'd used a smaller feather I'd have avoided the darkening along the edge of the hill) else you'll get an obvious join, then tweak the new layer untill you get a sky you're happy with. I'm not sure playing with the gradient layer actually did anything :banghead:
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Good man Gemok! The only way to really learn this stuff is get in there and have a go. There are so many different ways to tackle this but I've done a quick and cheerful bodge job.
The quick way I did it was to draw a rectangular mask which included all the sky and overlapped it onto the foreground a little. Then convert the mask to a layer (copy and paste as new layer will achieve the same thing). Darken sky to taste then select eraser and remove the overlapping darker foreground.
Combine layers and save. I tweaked the levels a little and sharpened.
The quick way I did it was to draw a rectangular mask which included all the sky and overlapped it onto the foreground a little. Then convert the mask to a layer (copy and paste as new layer will achieve the same thing). Darken sky to taste then select eraser and remove the overlapping darker foreground.
Combine layers and save. I tweaked the levels a little and sharpened.
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hi guys
i will try this sky attempt later, looks better to me.
SammyC, thank you, i will also try and change the whitebalance from the sign as you say, i took the photo in Raw, because of the misty hills, and the overcast day, so i can mess around loads with the picture.
i will try this sky attempt later, looks better to me.
SammyC, thank you, i will also try and change the whitebalance from the sign as you say, i took the photo in Raw, because of the misty hills, and the overcast day, so i can mess around loads with the picture.