ADDING A NEW SKY BY MIKE HANCOCK

• OPEN BACKGROUND AND SKY IMAGES

• SIZE BOTH IMAGES TO SAME DIMENSIONS (crop sky to just over background sky area) DRAG SKY INTO BACKGROUND USING Ctrl. OR COPY AND PASTE

• WITH THE SKY ACTIVE IN LAYERS SELECT QUICK MASK

• THEN SELECT GRADIENT / FOREGROUND TO TRANSPARENT AND LINEAR DRAG FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF SKY / TURN TO A SELECTION THEN PRESS DELETE

• PRESS CONTROL + D TO DESELECT

• OPEN LAYER STYLES BLENDING OPTIONS (THE SYMBOL THAT LOOKS LIKE AN (f) AT THE LEFT BASE OF THE LAYERS PALLET) THEN SELECT

• LEAVE AT DEFAULT

• MOVE THE UNDERLYING LAYER TO THE RIGHT (THE SLIDER CAN BE SPLIT USING Alt.) TO FINE TUNE

• OPEN UP BLEND MODES (TOP SLIDER) AND SELECT MULTIPLY

• FADE OPACITY TO SUIT (YOU MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE UNDERLYING LAYER AND RE ADJUST) AT THIS POINT YOU MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE SKY IN SAY CURVES TO MATCH THE BACKGROUND

• ADD A NEW LAYER (THE ONE NEXT TO THE BIN) IN THE LAYERS DROP DOWN HOLD DOWN Alt. AND MERGE VISIBLE

• SELECT LAYER ADJUSTMENTS AS REQUIRED TO FINISH THE PRINT

Feb 2007 MH