]> http://www.photographycorner.com/taxonomy/term/1012/0 en http://www.photographycorner.com/blog/2009/08/video-corner-10-creating-a-dark-blue-sky-in-photoshop <p>This &#8220;Photoshop Monday&#8221; edition of the <a href="http://www.photographycorner.com/blog/categories/video-corner">Video Corner</a> is a quick video (3.5 minutes) that covers an easy, but effective, trick in Photoshop that mimicks the effects of a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26search-alias%3Daps%26ref%255F%3Da9%255Fsc%255F1%26qid%3D1249926745%26field-keywords%3Dcircular%2520polarizer&amp;tag=photogra0f-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957">circular polarizer</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=photogra0f-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> or a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fgw%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dgraduated%2520neutral%2520density%2520filter%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&amp;tag=photogra0f-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957">graduated neutral density filter</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=photogra0f-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. Using this quick and simple technique, you can quickly add some umph to boring blue skies by making them darker and more dramatic. As always, although this tutorial is done in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref%255F%3Dsr%255Fnr%255Fi%255F0%26keywords%3Dphotoshop%26qid%3D1248916018%26rh%3Di%253Asoftware%252Ck%253Aphotoshop&amp;tag=photogra0f-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957">Adobe Photoshop</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=photogra0f-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, the technique discussed can also be duplicated in other post-processing programs like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref%255F%3Dsr%255Fnr%255Fi%255F0%26keywords%3Dpaint%2520shop%2520pro%26qid%3D1248915947%26rh%3Di%253Asoftware%252Ck%253Apaint%2520shop%2520pro&amp;tag=photogra0f-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957">Paint Shop Pro</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=photogra0f-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and the <a href="http://www.gimp.org"><span class="caps">GIMP</span></a>.</p> gradient photoshop photoshop monday sky Video Corner video corner Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:53:00 -0400