In The Sky Photo Effect

The next lesson we'll learn to represent the sky with a great number of clouds on it, correct the colors of the picture and imitate the motion of the object and scratch on the picture.

Open in a new window the picture of a girl: File – Open (ctrl+o):



Copy the layer by moving it on the new layer's icon in the Layers window. Erase the previous layer (using the recycler's icon in the same window). Mark out the background after that (Polygonal Lasso Tool) and erase it with the corresponding button on the keyboard.



Increase now the sizes of the working space with the Crop Tool and insert the picture of a tree on a new layer, placed under the girl's layer.



We have to open this picture in a new window (ctrl+o), mark it and make a copy of it: Edit – Copy (ctrl+c). Get back after that to the previous window and insert it on a new layer: Edit – Paste (ctrl+v). Make the corrections on the tree's sizes, applying the next command: Edit – Free Transform (ctrl+t).



Now we must insert under the tree's layer the picture of the sky.



Create out of the sky's layer a mask with next combination: Layer – Add Layer Mask – Reveal All. Select after that the Brush Tool with smooth edges and make the tree visible form the previous layer.



Apply this command now: Layer – Remove Layer Mask – Apply. Insert on a new layer the picture of a cloud. Select the Magic Wand Tool to mark out and erase the sky's zones. Choose the Eraser Tool with smooth edges to correct the cloud's bounds.



Insert on a new layer the picture of a new cloud: