How do you add color to a sky in Photoshop cs2?

[twoboysnmygirl]

I find Capture NX2 WAY more user friendly than PS, but there are a couple things I use PS for that I can't do with NX2...not many though! It may be because I started with Capture NX2 and then when I got Photoshop, it seemed so much harder to learn. Can't teach an old dog, I guess...

 

[clanthar]

A fake blue sky is easy in Photoshop if you have a white sky to start with.

Correct the photo as needed for tone and color.
Create a new empty layer above the photo.
Set the foreground and background colors on the tool bar to sky: If you're photo is sRGB then blue sky is Hue = 207.
Use the gradient tool (linear) on the new empty layer and pay attention to the gradient break.
Set the sky layer blending mode to multiply.
Create a selection for the sky from the photo layer and use that selection to add a mask to the sky layer.
Massage the mask as needed (blur edge for example).

Hint: where water is involved the mask can be made transparent (opacity) over the water to add some color to the water.

Joe

 

[NikonNewbie]

A fake blue sky is easy in Photoshop if you have a white sky to start with.

Correct the photo as needed for tone and color.
Create a new empty layer above the photo.
Set the foreground and background colors on the tool bar to sky: If you're photo is sRGB then blue sky is Hue = 207.
Use the gradient tool (linear) on the new empty layer and pay attention to the gradient break.
Set the sky layer blending mode to multiply.
Create a selection for the sky from the photo layer and use that selection to add a mask to the sky layer.
Massage the mask as needed (blur edge for example).

Hint: where water is involved the mask can be made transparent (opacity) over the water to add some color to the water.

Joe

Ill be DAMNED! when I thought all was competely lost.
Thanks! :thumbup:
and everyone else who helped too! But Joe...really...Damn :thumbup: