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Great job 100 [|Taming the Skies] (tutorial) Before:

After: Taming the Skies

By: Tom Picciano

[] Original tutorial by: Jeff Riggs

This tutorial is a simple fix on how to fix blown out skies. Basically, what a blown out sky in your photo is is a bright white spot in the image which contains little to no information. The way this tutorial works is by //replacing// the blown out sky with a separate color, such as a blue hue. This will not only give your images a more professional look, it also is less harsh whilst viewing the photo. I personally like this tutorial because instead of just editing a blown out sky with curves (which just turns it different shades of white/gray/black) you can actually give it a color. Another **great** part of this tutorial is that you can fix the “spaces” of blown out sky that can be seen through the leaves and branches of trees.

Here is a step by step solution showing you EXACTLY how you can do this tutorial

First, make sure that your in Photoshop and that you have your image that you want to open ready to be edited.

1. Select the Lasso tool 2. Make a rough selection of the sky, make sure to include all the sky information including the sky that pops through trees 3. Go to the "select" menu near the top of screen. and Click on the "color range tool" 4. Click on any blown out spot on your image. 5. Now adjust the fuzziness slider, I suggest to bring it down a little bit but make sure that you still have detail in the tree branches. (click ok when you find what you like) 6. Now, Go to the "Adjustment Icon"and select "photo filter" 7. Next, Select a "cooling filter", I suggest the(80) 8. Remember to Deselect "Preserve Luminosity" 9. Click on the "color" box to change the hue; Change it so that it is bluish 10. Fiddle with the density and various cooling filters until you get your desired effect. 11. Now, Back on the main Photoshop screen, you can easily change the amount of “change” the filter does by clicking and dragging on the Opacity bar (which is right above the “new layer”, near the bottom right) 12. Step back and enjoy your photo! Additional--- Here is a few additional cool effects that will help your image look much more realalistic! Starting from the same final (edited) image, I used the same 1-5 steps as the above tutorial I then selected the Gradient tool and clicked near the top left, dragging the remainder ALL the way top left, this made a very cool effect, makingit seem as if the light came from that corner of the picture.

done Write a one paragraph synopsis of done || 10 || make sure students can follow along using Images you supply done || 20 ||
 * Rubric ||
 * 1 || Choose a tutorial from this page or you may select one from the INTERNET you must have approval from me before proceeding, needs to be done by April 20th done || 5 ||
 * 2 || Learn tutorial by actually following the directions done || 20 ||
 * 3 || Create before and after images with your own pictures. This may require taking a photo done || 20 ||
 * 4 || Create a Wiki page called assignment 21 put at the top of your home page done || 5 ||
 * 5 || Post images before and after of tutorial
 * Name of the tutorial
 * Link where you found it
 * What your tutorial does,
 * How it works, and and
 * How you liked it was it worth while || 20 ||
 * 6 || Create a packet of images that students can access on the HS art folder in the Photo shop tutorials Folder
 * 7 || Teach the class your tutorial on either April 27th and 28th