Tutorial: How to change a boring sky to a cool cloudy sky

Written by Kiri (17 Jan 2008 08:33 AM)

A brief tutorial, to change a boring sky into an interessting cloudy sky. Because no one will believe, that you've got such a fine weather in the alps.

1. Select the whole blue sky with the magic-wand-tool. To select the whole sky, move the mouse a little bit to the right side, while you push the mouse-button
   
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2. Add a new, transparent layer from the selection. Entitle this layer „Clouds“. In my example („Wolken“ which is the German word for clouds)
   
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3. Call the layer-dialogue (STRG+L). Activate the cloud-layer
   
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4. Apply Filter / Render / Clouds / Plasma.
   
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5. Colours, Desaturate.
   
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6. Now change the layer mode to either:
   „Screen“ or „Overlay“ or „Soft Edges“
   
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7. Feel free to experiment with the transparency of the layer. Or you can duplicate the clouds-layer to get a stronger look - just as you like!

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