Skies

CorrieMichael · May 27, 2014

Looking for some great videos or sites to help me enhance skies. I have some overlays but really wanting to use what I have and make it GREAT. Any help would be awesome! I am currently working on a project and shooting tomorrow so hoping to be able to edit the sky the way I want

480sparky · May 27, 2014

It would help to know what, exactly, it is you want. "GREAT" really doesn't help.

Derrel · May 27, 2014

AdoramaTV has a decent basic video on using Lightroom's graduated filters to enhance skies that were not that great to begin with. I am not sure where you're "at" in terms of LR, nor if this is "great" enough, but here it is.

CorrieMichael · May 28, 2014

480sparky said:
It would help to know what, exactly, it is you want. "GREAT" really doesn't help.

enhancing the colours of the sky I already have........bringing out the colours etc.

runnah · May 28, 2014

Derrel said:
AdoramaTV has a decent basic video on using Lightroom's graduated filters to enhance skies that were not that great to begin with. I am not sure where you're "at" in terms of LR, nor if this is "great" enough, but here it is.

All my filters dropped out.

Haha filter jokes people!

Corrie: do you have photoshop? if so use the raw editor to add a gradient mask. That way you can make changes to enhance the sky.

KmH · May 28, 2014

If you have Photoshop use the selection tools and the Refine Edge feature (tool option) to isolate the sky from the rest of the image so your edits only affect the sky.
Particularly useful for sky that has complex shapes over it in the foreground is the Color Range function.

Photoshop's Gradient tool has many more options and precision than the gradient tool in ACR (CC/CS Camera Raw/LR Develop module).