Day for starry Night Sky replacement.
Hi all, I'm a film student just now learning after effects. I've never used it before it before so please bear with me.
I have 3 shots in a short film shot in the desert of Joshua tree that were shot in the early morning and need to be made into night. I understand now how to track the shot and have the starry night sky we created in AE track with it, however I don't quite understand how to make if fade nicely as if the stars are just starting to shine thru the night sky. The effect we want is this:
As you can see there is just a sprinkling of stars thru the sky as it starts to darken, this is from Premiere.

As you can see in the shot the sky is starting to darken and the stars are starting to come out, this isn't a static shot however and we have to track the sky to it using after effects, but I can't find a way to make it fade to look this natural, so far what I've got is this:

Could someone help us figure out how to match it to our intended look? We're all new to AE but eager to learn.
