How to use the Sky Replacement Tool

1.Select the layer that you intend to edit

2.Locate the Menu bar at the top of the workspace

3.Locate Edit

4.From the drop down menu select, Sky Replacement. The Sky Replacement properties box will appear

5.Select a new sky from the included images or add one of your own.

The sky area on the original image is automatically selected and masked, allowing the new sky to be displayed based on your selected options. For a seamless look, adjust the sliders to modify the sky and blend the foreground with the background colours.

Inside the Sky Replacement Dialog Box:

•Shift Edge: Determines where the border between the sky and the original image begins

•Fade Edge: Sets the amount of fading or feathering from the sky image to the original photo along the edges

•Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the sky

•Temperature: Adjusts the temperature of the sky warmer or cooler

•Scale: Resizes the sky image

•Flip: Flips the sky image horizontally

•Lighting mode: Determines the blend mode used for adjustments

•Lighting Adjustment: Opacity slider that lightens or darkens the main image where it blends with the sky - a setting of zero will not make any adjustments

•Colour Adjustment: opacity slider Determines how strongly the foreground is harmonized with the sky colours - a setting of zero will not make any adjustments

•Output: Allows you to select whether the changes to the image are placed on New Layers (named layer group with masks) or a Duplicate Layer (single flattened layer)