Have you ever taken a wonderful picture of a landscape setting with a bright, cloudless blue sky for a background then realized that the blue sky is actually boring? By using Photoshop, you can add clouds to spruce up a cloudless blue sky in any of your images.
Instructions
1. Choosing the right picture to add clouds to is important. It is easier if an image is chosen with a clear blue sky on a bright day that does not contain any clouds or the sun.
2. Use the eyedropper tool to select the blue of the sky. Make sure that this blue is the foreground color and that plain white is the background color so that your clouds will look natural.
3. Use the magic wand tool to select the blue sky. Remember to select the blue sky interspersed between the branches of trees or buildings. The image would look less natural if a large portion had clouds but any sky behind an object did not. Make a layer via copy of the selected area.
4. Choose "Filter" on the top toolbox, then render the clouds. This will give you the effect of clouds on the blue sky. This entire step can be redone as many times as you would like until you find a pattern that appeals to you most and looks the most natural on the image.
5. If the image of the clouds is too harsh, then use the "Opacity" button in the "Layers" toolbox to get the shade of clouds you would like to use most. Lowering the opacity will make the clouds look softer and not as crowded.
