Scott Kelby: Use Lightroom & Photoshop to Make Your Skies Look Awesome |

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Have you ever taken a photograph, only to find that the sky is blown out? Or, have you taken an outdoor portrait, but the sky doesn't look all that interesting? In this presentation, you'll learn how to make the sky blue in Lightroom, how to change the sky in Photoshop and much more to make your skies look amazing!
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0:00 Introduction
0:40 Linear Gradient & Select Subject
4:47 Radial Gradient & Select Subject
6:50 HSL
8:32 Select Sky
11:52 Sky Replacement
19:11 Sharpening
20:57 Bleach Bypass Effect
23:28 Final Thoughts
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[@BandH]

Which of these tips are new to you?

[@csc-photo]

Background light trick - awesome!

[@andyv6127]

Lots of little things like the subtract subject from the grad filter. Any Lightroom gems like this are gold!

[@indrajitadvani3742]

Love the subtlety of the gradient filter. It appears overlooked but was right at the top of Scott's list. Thanks.

[@lynnsphotographygreenart8098]

All are new to me.

[@old4004]

Thank you, Scott............you never fail to deliver the "WOW! factor.

[@indrajitadvani3742]

Scott....this was absolutely awesome. I think I need to watch this again and commit to memory!!!

[@djack4125]

Scott is the best! Thanks.

[@BandH]

He is a great instructor.

[@randyschwager2515]

Awesome, as always! Thanks!

[@romiemiller7876]

There are problems with gradient filters, especially when items extend into the sky area. I sometimes use a polarizer to darken skies, or HDR. These are interesting alternatives. Dehaze slider helps skies, too. Photoshop's new sky replacement tool has it's problems, but it often works very well. I really agree that as much as can be done in camera should be. "Back in the Day" :-) I shot mostly Kodachrome, so everything had to be done in camera. The habits from then have carried over to digital.

[@johnbroman7134]

This is absolutely incredible! So helpful! Thank you very much!

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching!

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

great teaching right here.

[@azeirefotog]

Thanks for this vid. Some new ideas on how to use Lightroom's new masking tools

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Very handy. Thank you, Scott!

[@andyv6127]

That was great, thank you. God pace and not complicated. I knew some of the tips, but this will help me make my photos more natural. More like this please :)

[@BandH]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@drich6719]

Hi Scott, many thanks for this video. Clear and concise, delivered with your usual humour and sense of irony. I get fed up with technical "photographers" talking technically about photo enhancement. You concentrate on the image quality outcome, and show us mere mortals how straightforward it is to achieve with very smart software (without the software taking over).

[@andresgonzalezcerda7635]

Fun and helpfull! Thanks!

[@StuWright]

i`m liking your work......

[@RHPIC]

Simple but brilliant!

[@neilcousineau4956]

Excellent tutorial

[@judybaldwin2403]

Hi Scott
I was doing a refresher on Lightroom using one of your older books, hoping your new book will be delivered in coming weeks.
I was a little baffled about storing photos on your computer hard drive rather than external.
My thoughts were my drive is nowhere near large enough. I assumed that’s the reason for storing on an external is to free up my hard drive on computer.
My old lap top filled up so fast.
Just curious.

[@southsidekarl]

Very good class

[@bigtredunzo]

Sometimes after editing the sky and ground separately, I can see a faint white line on the horizon between the sky and ground. Is there a way to remove that line? Thanks in advance!

[@rameshvirat8320]

than q u sir best technics in latest versions

[@samrotolo7303]

Note to self for bad foreground on subject 15:22

[@thethirdman225]

When you do one of these videos, you should light the talent with daylight temperature lights, otherwise the screen will have a strong blue cast on the wide shot.

[@MVPSkoot]

Do this with affinity photo please

[@simonryan6850]

Back grass ground

[@RobertTeague]

I am not doing sky replacement.

[@IIISentorIII]

Can someone please tell this genius that you can just Intersect two masks by holding Alt and be done in two secods..... ;)

[@SundayCookingRemix]

Learn your settings and you won't need all this 💯

[@varunkamal91]

How's that? If you're shooting natural light, you can't do this in camera without a 25 stop dynamic range camera or something. Currently the best cameras in the world have only 15 stops or so. But this guy is over-editing the skies and making it look tacky and taken

[@andrewdrone]

Actually you do need this in many cases, which is the point he's trying to convey. Weather isn't a controllable variable all the time, and bland, lame skies are just going to happen.

[@philipcolumbus3054]

He also “over-edits” to make sure you can see the results. Once done, you can always dial it back.

[@ewallperschwaznyk4169]

You forgot to mention to never ski with fingerless gloves.

[@ZOLTANBEKEFY]

this is AI photography not a real one. Not happy!