Mark Metternich – Sky Tips and Tricks

One of the true “next levels” to excellence in landscape post-processing comes with the power and mastery of controlling skies separate from land adjustments. This unprecedented power opens an entire can of worms for control, creativity, and correction. In this short but powerful video tutorial, you will learn revolutionary sky techniques that will enable you to take your work to a whole other level.

• Whether you are a “literalist” who wants more correction and clean up or a “creativist” who wants total sky power and control, this video will open up a world of possibilities. In this tutorial, you will learn things such as, but not limited to: * Separating skies from land.
• * The “Threshold Technique.” * Separate fine-tuned adjustments to sky and land. * Tucking skies below the horizon line to clean up artifacting. * Fine tuning selection edges. * Advanced “Color Balance” techniques. * Expanding, Skewing, Warping… skies. * Filling in problematic sky areas. * Compositing. * Redefining horizon lines. * Cleaning up artifacting. * Mimicking natural horizon line feathering. * The power of the Quick Selection tool.