How to download and open a *.sky file

[VartanK]

Hello , i downloaded a couple of free Sky replacement files from Creative Cloud. But I can't seem to find an app to open them to install. They are of the formay  *.sky. 

I tried Adobe Photoshop and got an error message saying it could not complete my request because it is not the right type of document. Should I be using Photoshop to open? Some other app? 

What app am I supposed to use? 

thanks!

[AxelMatt]

Please take a look here: Replace the sky in your photos

Scroll down to the section "Get More Skies for sky replacement"

There you'll find informations about importing sky presets.

[brianh61549227]

Thats not what was asked.  The files here: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/discover/article/free-adobe-photoshop-sky-presets
They download with the extention ".sky" which can't be opened OR imported using the sky replacement tool import function.

[jane-e]

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@brianh61549227 wrote:

Should I be using Photoshop to open? Some other app? 

https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/discover/article/free-adobe-photoshop-sky-presets

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Photoshop is the app you need to use to install the .sky files.

There is a video at the link you posted with instruction. Can you tell us at what point the installation fails and show a screenshot of the error message?

• You tagged macOS and Windows — what versions of each are you using?
• What is your version (exact) of Photoshop? You can find this in Help > System Info.
• Does sky replacement work for you when you use the pre-installed skies?

Jane

[MaddeMamma]

Hi  - I think I had the same issue the others did in this old thread. I thought I'd throw this up here is case someone else got confused by a dialogue box change like I did. I'm familiar with sky replacements, I know how to import jpg files into the library folders manually (by creating a new folder and using the "+" to add said sky jpg to that folder) but that wasn't my issue.

Mine was an issue with is using the Adobe ".sky" sky packs downloaded from: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/discover/article/free-adobe-photoshop-sky-presets

Instructions (on both adobe and other well known youtubers videos) show to go to "Import Skies" shown below:

I do not have that option anymore in 2024. Instead, the Import skies seems to have been moved under "Get more skies" and changed to "Import Presets" which isn't updated anywhere on Adobe's instructions or tutorials that I could see. I only figured it out as I was typing my question out here. See below:

The "Import Presets" will allow you to grab those .sky files from where ever you have them stored and pop them into your library. Stupid thing but it sure wasted an hour of my life figuring out the different terminology. I feel like an Adobe beta tester, as usual. Hopefully I can same someone else the time I lost for something stupid.

[milans44286437]

Have exactly the same problem. Downloaded free skies from Adobe website through Photoshop, it downloads with .sky suffix, cannot uploaded to my Replacement Sky folders. Anybody can help ?

[AxelMatt]

... cannot uploaded to my Replacement Sky folders. Anybody can help ?

By @milans44286437

Please expalin more detailed. What you mean with "cannot uploaded..."?

Do you get an error message?

Please follow the section "Select and manage sky presets" and "Get More Skies for sky replacement" in this document. Replace the sky in your photos (adobe.com)

[Scott307036107il9]

Rather than repeat the question, let's go with these two assumptions:

• User has a .sky file (e.g. this file https://learndownload.adobe.com/pub/learn/create/Night_Skies_Pack_1.sky )
• User also has Adobe Photoshop

Question:

How do does a user 'install' or integrate the .sky file for it to be used in Adobe Photoshop. (E.g. does the .sky file need to be put in a certain directory, or is there a way to install it from within Photoshop itself)?

[Test Screen Name]

Surely this was answered in the very first reply. The linked article https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/replace-sky.html says how to work with sky replacement and what to do with SKY files.

The section starting "The downloaded .sky file can be imported as a new sky preset in Sky Replacement by doing any of the following:"

If the clear instructions there don't work, please say exactly what goes wrong. If the instructions are hard to follow, please say so. If reading to the end of an article is a bit hard, well...

[PlymouthPhotog]

This still does not answer the question as to why you cannot "upload" the ".sky" file in Photoshop. I as well tried to do this and all I'm getting is a blank piece of "paper" appearing in my download folder.  I would have thought that this would have been a .zip folder that you would then open which would normally show the various files (in this case being various skies). 
Can someone assist? 

[moshmosh007]

insted of reading endless answers - just drag and drop the sky pack to photoshop canvas (when sky replacment pannel is closed)