#sky replacement in photoshop

[stinkrascal]

ig this counts as a spoiler lol but shout out to my boyfriend for taking screenshots of the sky in elden ring so i can use them for my sim edits........ this was a collaborative effort 😚

[llama--plumbobsims]

the pictures speak for themselves

[gon-iii]

行燈

2017年、小平ふるさと村。

古民家の部屋の明かり。

ちなみに空は薄曇りでメリハリがなかったのでPhotoshopの「空の置き換え」で雲をあしらった。Lightroom Classicで編集したのちにPhotoshopファイルで書き出して、それで空を置き換えたので、空と古民家の感じがチョット違うが頑張って違和感をないようにしてみた。

[thorsenmark]

Jeepness by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While in the parking area of the Little Calumet River Trailhead in Indiana Dunes National Park with a view looking to the south over and then above a rental Jeep Wrangler I driving on a recent trip visiting New River Gorge and Indiana Dunes National Parks. I got the idea for this from an image on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/oybay/48931723678/in/pool-dslr_auto...). The idea was to look from either behind or to the front of a vehicle and have blue skies and clouds above. Well, the day was overcast, so that wasn?t an option. It was as I began working on the image in post production that I then decided to once again try out the sky replacement setting in Photoshop with this image. The sunset colors with the clouds definitely seemed appropriate for this national park setting in what I had wanted to experience in person. So the skies are part of the Adobe stock images in Photoshop but all else is captured with my Nikon D850 SLR camera. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

[kanhacreates]

[bestcampinggear]

How to Auto Select Sky and Sky Replacement in Photoshop 2023

[valiantponds]

I haven't yet seen a post about jod’s eclipse eyes. so I’m making one. bc I would love to hear any other interpretations or meta thoughts

(big spoilers after the photo for The Locked Tomb/Nona the Ninth)

jod’s eyes = black eye with a ring of bright white around the iris. total solar eclipse = black sky with a ring of white light around the moon’s silhouette

exhibit A: the eye in this photoshop job is a photo of the recent eclipse

[Detailed ID: A cropped photo of Taika Waititi, showing just one eye. The eyeball has been replaced with a photo of a solar eclipse. It looks just like the book’s description of John’s Gaius’s eyes: black sclera, black iris and pupil, and a white ring around the iris, i.e. the visible corona of the sun around the silhouetted moon. Some highlights added to make it look like a more realistic eyeball. End ID]

since realizing this visual parallel I have been certain this is why the eyes are like that. seeing as how they are actually the eyes of alecto’s soul

and like. our eclipses being a really unique phenomenon bc of the distances and sizes of the earth moon and sun. and it’s her view onto the other two celestial bodies most connected to her, the sun she orbits and the moon who orbits her

I have many unformed analyses of the thematic implications of this, and maybe I’ll come back with a proper reading, but overall I think it’s a really fucking cool answer to “what would the eyes of a planet be?”

much to think about

[alexisomnias]

— HIS GAZE SOFTENED. . .

⤷ his gaze softened trend with them!

featuring the DORM LEADERS

RIDDLE ROSEHEARTS

his gaze softened, in a way that's such as a sweet dessert batter melting under an oven. hot heat spreading all over, looking at you as if your the sun he's left to dry in. no one could ever make him feel the way you make him feel, and perhaps for that he is thankful. a relax of the face only you could make him feel safe enough to do, all sides of himself on display for those with eyes who can see the invisible, and for you. a courageous notion it is to let such fondness slip.

LEONA KINGSCHOLAR

his gaze softened, in a way that is indecipherable. to common folk, or any passerby it would be unnoticeable. Like a speck of dust the same color of the sky flying past the eye. but to those with the privilege of a microscope, its more seen then the sky itself. which in itself may be a silly phrase, but its nothing but true. for something that covers your complete vision, like the sky, you cannot see past it. and when you catch the soft gaze of a lion in your horizon, you should never look away.

AZUL ASHENGROTTO

his gaze softened, or did it? it went by like a blink of an eye, a fish swimming by in a series of bubbles of all the same colors. a flurry of emotion, yet not counted or captured by your mind. and he, the man before you wishes to keep it that way. he will hold his affections down like a sunken ship until he wishes for you to find it. now, he feels as if these soft gazes from behind, watching your radiation from afar, unreachable like a sunset. he's content, more then content. he's not ready to break that.

KALIM AL ASIM

his gaze softened, his eyes upturning in a way of fondness separate from his usual looks of radiance and sunshine. beauty and curiosity, joy. all of it common traits associated with the boy. but for now, his eyes didn't hold any of it, for now it shined like a bright ruby. shines like its his first time seeing the sun, glimmering brightly in the hands of someone who can take him far and wide, someone he would be willing to love, and for that a fond smile, much lighter then usual arises on his face.

VIL SCHOENHEIT 

his gaze softened, the hard jeweled eyes melting into a gooey shimmering oil of which you can see swirl, a whirlpool of emotions of which all mix into one. the professional actor he is, he's learned effortlessly on how to get that look of pure tenderness in his eyes as he looks at someone, but for those who have seen him with you. all those movies look photoshopped, as nothing can replace the genuinely in his eyes when they're glued to you.

IDIA SHROUD

his gaze softened in a way he'd never imagine himself doing. idia knows the terminology from his own... content. and he never thought the gestures could be real, until he found himself looking upon you. oh so perfect you, someone he can't help but to adore ever so. and his eyes must be the window to his heart and soul, as every emotion he doesn't let out in fear of a stutter or mess is said concise and clearly through his golden yellow eyes.

MALLEUS DRACONIA

his gaze softened, as if he was staring at the moonlight, or as if it was love at first sight. his usual stiff gaze ceased to exist when faced with you, his love. he held no shame as he stared at you as if you were the only one in the world, as if you were a birthday present for him. his gaze softened so, as his brows creased and a soft smile reached his face. nothing could replace the sight of your smile, and that in itself causes his body to relax and mind to slow. you make him so much happier, you are his stars on an empty night.

[sirfrogsworth]

Birds of a Feather

So, I am a photo manipulation specialist. This is an art form in which you take real photographic assets and combine them to make something new. Most people call it "photoshopping." I've actually been doing this for much longer than I've been a photographer. I think I got my first version of Photoshop in the early 2000s.

I love combining my two artistic specialties. For years I was always using assets photographed by another person. But now I can shoot a lot of my own assets and it feels much more satisfying.

However I always have this weird guilt when I post a manipulated photo. I warn people when I replace a sky or add stars in the night sky. I worry people will judge me for not posting a 100% authentic photograph. But I am trying to create something from inside my head and that doesn't always align with the reality in front of me.

I am not trying to trick anyone.

I'm just trying to create something cool.

So I think I'm going to stop worrying about telling people I added stars or enlarged a moon or added a flock of birds.

Though I might brag about this cool reflection I created in the water.

Look at them fancy bird squiggles!

Some of my photos may be as is. Some of them I am going to let my creativity run wild. And I may tell you if I manipulated something, but only because I think it is neat and not because I am ashamed of my artistic process.

Also, did you know the Mississippi River has sharks?

[pudding-parade]

I mooned you! :D And it's only a "little bit" photoshopped! *cough*

Sorry, I've not been around much again. Honestly, I've been playing lots of No Man's Sky. I just haven't been in much of a Sims-playing mood, and I've been playing No Man's Sky instead of scrolling through Tumblr. I know, I'm awful. :)

BUT! I am looking to do an Ultimate Overhaul™ of Oasis Landing, which I can keep on hand to use whenever I go there in a save. I always add lots and stuff to it, and I'm tired of doing it every damn time.

And then I decided to also make an even more elaborate version and mess around with playing Oasis Landing as a quasi-homeworld via the Traveler mod. For that version, I'm demolishing all the stupidly-big EA residential lots and replacing them with more smaller lots, on which I'll build my own things. I've been gathering CC for that project version, since I'm not a fan of most of the Into the Future or Store "future" stuff, and there's not much in the way of furniture and fixtures that's passable for a "future" look in the game otherwise. Some of the Late Night stuff will do it, but otherwise it's slim pickings to use to furnish a whole world. But CC means downloading stuff, looking at it in-game to see if it meets my quality standards and is also sufficiently maxis-matchy, making collection files so that I have a prayer of finding what I want while building, etc. It's time-consuming and not very Tumblr-sharing-friendly, so...Yeah. That's what I'm up to when I'm touching Sims at all.

[the-nosy-neighbor]

Sunny

Information and speculation about a concept that Clown has made clear is no longer part of the project.

Notes gathered from Tumblr/Clown’s posts:

Was a bird character in early stages of development for WH.  Sunny was a brazilian (?) bird that was bilingual.  He was pictured with maracas.  

Sunny was dating Frank, which leads everyone to say that Sunny is Frank’s ex.

Sunny had a bright and friendly personality, and served as a foil to Wally.

Wally would have eventually murdered Sunny to hide his secrets.  

Clown stated that Sunny was created as a sort of hero character, but over time, Clown believed that the story shouldn’t have a hero. 

Sunny would save everyone by exposing Wally.  

Concept photos show Sunny on the phone, as a foil to Frank (opposites)

On the sticker sheet, Sunny’s name is upside down, which led my partner to turn the image upside down, which gives us a 9 instead of the 6 we were looking at.

Partner also mentioned that the other characters are holding their numbers, but Sunny’s is in his mouth.

We wondered if Sunny wasn’t going to be resurrected and become the 9th neighbor or a ghost or something, but Clown has been very insistent that Sunny is gone and no longer part of the project. (in light of conversations tonight, I might have been speculating about the wrong neighbor as a ghost)

Could Clown be throwing us off?

 “Some say Home is the 9th neighbor” some say because others say Sunny was the 9th neighbor?

Edit: the guestbook has a comment that says "where did the 9th neighbor go?"

But, there is a phone without an owner and it looks old and beat up (also, made of wood).  Could this be Sunny’s phone?  The phone/card illustration (opposites) shows him on a red phone, and he is #6, where Frank is 3 (also yellow).  

I’m not sure if the you’re free/i’m sorry graphic is Clown’s.  It really looks like their style and resembles art I have seen of Frank (insert image of Frank with female hands in front of him) and also Wally (hand coming out of his mouth)

You’re Sunny, You’re Free:  This image shows Sunny looking heroic, obviously behind some kind of door, with each character’s hands touching him.  Could be in fear, supplication, pushing?  The lightened image shows the many sets of eyes on this guy. 

Looks like the notes on Sunny's shirt

On the site, one of the first pictures in the roll was an ad for some Playfellow products, with a blank spot and letter write overs.  Let me tell you, from the beginning I have been obsessed with clarifying some of these images, and I have learned how to use photoshop way better as a result of my obsession:

When I first manipulated this image, I was convinced that there was some kind of Moon-headed guy there in the dark.  I could see a crescent moon shape.  I was convinced (and I wrote some about) that there was some kind of moon character to balance out Sally’s character, as there are sun and moon combos around.  

But when I really started thinking about Sunny, I looked at this and thought, not a crescent moon, a beak.  Sunny was pushed out of this ad, because he was pushed out of the show/reality/whatever.  Sally comes in as his replacement.  For the life of me, I can’t think of why Clown wouldn’t have just called the new character Sunny.  After all, she is the sun.  

This could all be wishful thinking because I really like this character.  When compared with the other characters, Sunny is fun and cool.  Plus, Sally is an actor who came in on a deus ex machina (fell from the sky, OK).  She is another kind of petty and weird character who just replaced this other guy, almost like an actor in a recast role.  

Sunny image/ad for fisher price people style toy.  The neighborhood exists and the children have seen it.

“The Neighborhood”; Sunny.  The Neighborhood’s happiest little blue bird flies in with a dance in his heart!  It’s like he’s really here!  So we’re going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it! we’re going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it! we’re going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it! we’re going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it! You’re  going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it! You’re  going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it!  You’re  going to get rid of it for good! We’re all going to get rid of it!

I think it is very possible that Sunny will make another appearance. Maybe he will only appear as a memory.  

[stinkrascal]

i have my posts queued up, it will post tomorrow! very excited to get back into the swing of posting straud <3 <3 <3 like you dont even know how happy this makes me ahahahah

[kachavashka]

This is the music to the opening scene Fate of the Wild Lands. Pay close attention to the themes, because they appear quite a lot, in many different forms, throughout the rest of the story.

This scene depicts the sun rising over rolling hills and plains of the Teraf Plateau. The music is a 4 part canon to a ground of a C major, then Bb major chord. The music rises to a climax and then is abruptly cut short with a tutti Gm(maj7)add(b5) chord. Something has disturbed the natural balance of the plateau… The status quo is soon restored and the piece ends with an A major chord in the violins

The photo is my own that I took in December 2013 in Monteseel, KwaZulu-Natal. In the original photo, there were a bunch of houses scattered all over the valley, but I photoshopped them out (I feel kind of bad, those are people's homes, but unfortunately, they don't fit in to my story). Obviously, I also photoshopped the sky out and replaced it with the sunrise.

[mercymaker]

i've been meaning to ask for a while now but do you colour your backgrounds frame by frame or some other method? if it's frame by frame, you have such an eye for detail cause it all looks so seamless, there's no overlap with colour in places where the characters move at all

Hey, thank you!

It honestly depends on the footage and what I'm trying to achieve and what colors I start with. Lately I've been experimenting a lot with hue and saturation and trying to isolate colors to certain groups using it. It's not always seamless (depending on the footage and what colors are there to begin with, it can look pixelated or patchy or the hue is not even throughout the area), however, so then I spend time trying to play around with additional methods (sometimes I paint over areas that fall out of the hue/saturation layer range with a colored brush and see if any blending mode makes it work, for example). I found that it's easier to make this work in darker scenes than in lighter (black tends to blend better than white) and also it's easier if the color is somewhat already present in the background already (so you don't need to 'paint' the whole background, just patches of a different color there (if that makes any sense?)).

It doesn't always work and I feel like it's much easier to achieve in game footage than movies or tv shows, because I have more control with camera or reshade tools and can position characters a certain way, bump up colors, etc.

Either way, it's not entirely perfect (you can see that in my latest green Malstarion set where I replaced a specific shade of light blue with green shade which was mostly for the sky/background but it's also briefly visible on Astarion's embroidery or the hilt of the dagger. Or Mal's hair in the first gif looks a bit pixelated because the 'border' between the shade of blue in her hair and the blue I modified in the background is fighting for its life), but I feel like it's ok enough to look presentable.

I hope this makes any sense, but genuinely I just kind of go a bit bonkers in photoshop and just add layers upon layers of adjustments, slowly building up and problem-solving as I go.

[thorsenmark]

Puffy Clouds Float by on a Monday Afternoon in West Texas by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking up and to the southeast at a fuel station in Sonora, Texas, while driving out to Big Bend National Park. The skies that afternoon with clouds and wisps were captivating. I also wanted to capture some of these sky settings to use the Photoshop Sky Replacement tool with other images.