Comments on: How To Replace A Sky In GIMP http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dreama Kennedy http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-148007 Dreama Kennedy Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:49:08 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-148007 More Gimp tutorials, PLEASE :-) More Gimp tutorials, PLEASE :-)

]]> By: magnoliasouth http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-106944 magnoliasouth Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:29:49 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-106944 Love the tutorial and thank you! Any advice on annoying trees with a lot of leaves? I had to snort over the "take a proper exposure of the subject" advice because that instruction is totally useless . If you are unlucky enough to have a point and shoot camera, and you have a decent photo in a washed out sky, then fixing it is the only answer. I am a former Paint Shop Pro user and there was a way to easily select the sky in only a few clicks by adjusting the cutting ribbon then blending and such. Gimp lacks this finesse and I need a better way to get around the tree and hair issues. Love the tutorial and thank you!

Any advice on annoying trees with a lot of leaves?

I had to snort over the “take a proper exposure of the subject” advice because that instruction is totally useless . If you are unlucky enough to have a point and shoot camera, and you have a decent photo in a washed out sky, then fixing it is the only answer.

I am a former Paint Shop Pro user and there was a way to easily select the sky in only a few clicks by adjusting the cutting ribbon then blending and such. Gimp lacks this finesse and I need a better way to get around the tree and hair issues.

]]> By: christina http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-61710 christina Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:29:05 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-61710 I like this site , its very interesting , i use ` Microsoft Digital Image Suite` , i find it very easy to use and you can do a lot of what you can do on Photoshop (ok not all but much easier to understand)and you get good results to.Well worth using if you find Photoshop hard to use . I like this site , its very interesting , i use ` Microsoft Digital Image Suite` , i find it very easy to use and you can do a lot of what you can do on Photoshop (ok not all but much easier to understand)and you get good results to.Well worth using if you find Photoshop hard to use .

]]> By: Jozef Nagy http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-61677 Jozef Nagy Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:04:36 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-61677 Thank you for having a GIMP version of a previous Photoshop tutorial. Please keep these up. Not all of us are going to give Adobe $600 when GIMP is a highly polished, FREE, alternative. Thank you for having a GIMP version of a previous Photoshop tutorial. Please keep these up.

Not all of us are going to give Adobe $600 when GIMP is a highly polished, FREE, alternative.

]]> By: Don Reeves http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-60982 Don Reeves Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:56:30 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-60982 I also should add that this process took the correct exposure of the building and made it look different, darker and more contrasty, adding to the over edited look of the second image. I also should add that this process took the correct exposure of the building and made it look different, darker and more contrasty, adding to the over edited look of the second image.

]]> By: Don Reeves http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-60981 Don Reeves Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:52:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-60981 P.S. I've also taken bracketed shots and layered them together as well, that way you get the proper exposure of everything. You can also achieve excellent results using HDR editing as well. P.S.
I’ve also taken bracketed shots and layered them together as well, that way you get the proper exposure of everything.
You can also achieve excellent results using HDR editing as well.

]]> By: Don Reeves http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-60980 Don Reeves Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:49:57 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-60980 The best way I've found to do an edit like this is to take a proper exposure of the subject, in this case the building. Then I'll look for an open shot of the sky by itself at close to the same angle. Then I simply layer the building over the sky shot and erase the bad sky out. If the edges are too sharp between the building and sky I'll use stitching say around 2~5 pixels and set it to blend with the base image, giving a softer transition or delineation from one layer to the next. I've found it looks more natural that way. The angle of the sky shot isn't absolutely critical but it helps make the final image more believable when their are clouds. The best way I’ve found to do an edit like this is to take a proper exposure of the subject, in this case the building.
Then I’ll look for an open shot of the sky by itself at close to the same angle.
Then I simply layer the building over the sky shot and erase the bad sky out.
If the edges are too sharp between the building and sky I’ll use stitching say around 2~5 pixels and set it to blend with the base image, giving a softer transition or delineation from one layer to the next.
I’ve found it looks more natural that way.
The angle of the sky shot isn’t absolutely critical but it helps make the final image more believable when their are clouds.

]]> By: Henrik http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-60825 Henrik Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:05:19 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-60825 Great tutorial,thank you Great tutorial,thank you

]]> By: Rick http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-60644 Rick Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:05:58 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-60644 Nice tutorial. I know a couple way of achieving this same thing, but didn't know this one. In fact, one of the very first shots on my photoblog showed this same effect. I agree with previous posters: It's important to go beyond just the sky replacement and address coloring and other elements to make the photo look more natural. Nice tutorial. I know a couple way of achieving this same thing, but didn’t know this one. In fact, one of the very first shots on my photoblog showed this same effect.

I agree with previous posters: It’s important to go beyond just the sky replacement and address coloring and other elements to make the photo look more natural.

]]> By: Darin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-replace-a-sky-in-gimp/comment-page-1#comment-60630 Darin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:08:14 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=7805#comment-60630 Another fan of GIMP! Thanks! Don't see this too often. I just took a bunch of pics out at Garden of the Gods and the sky is blown out in quite a few of them. Looking forward to putting this to good use. Thanks again Another fan of GIMP! Thanks! Don’t see this too often. I just took a bunch of pics out at Garden of the Gods and the sky is blown out in quite a few of them. Looking forward to putting this to good use. Thanks again

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