WOW! Reflection + Sky replacement in PHOTOSHOP!

Download the Action and 7 Skies: f64.co/SkyRefl
Listen, you DO NOT need some AI program to make a Sky and Reflection Replacement. You can do it all from the comfort of your friendly neighborhood Photoshop CC. I prefer the control I have in Photoshop and I also prefer to keep all my workflow in the same place while I am working.
In this tutorial, I will not only show you how to make a killer Sky and Reflection Replacement in Photoshop, I'll also supply you with some of my skies and an Action that will do it ALL for you!
►Chapters◄
00:00 Intro
00:58 Sky Replacement
01:47 Reflection Replacement
03:47 Blending the Reflection
04:53 Adjusting the Contrast
05:33 Refine the Reflection - Motion Blur
06:33 Refine the Reflection - Perspective Correction
08:45 Introduction to Blake's Action
10:34 What's Included in the Download
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[@f64Academy]

Genuine Intelligence is ALWAYS better than Artificial Intelligence. So what new trick did you learn today?

[@colinbaterip2373]

Canvas Flipping - never knew that. I have flipped selections before but never knew about Canvas flipping and frankly I would never have thought of using it for reflections even if I knew of it's existence.

[@kim0942]

Blake, You ARE the greatest!!

[@f64Academy]

Thanks so much! Tell my wife that 🤣🤣🤣

[@AndyK986]

Another home run Blake, I’m lost for words except to say thank you so much for another fantastic piece of PS knowledge and an action as well 😲

[@f64Academy]

Wow, thank you! It is always my pleasure!

[@vincentspratling7566]

Hi Blake. Very interesting video and many thanks the Action and sky's. All the best from Lancaster, England

[@harunkhan549]

Another nice presentation, Blake! I like it.

[@f64Academy]

Thanks so much 😁

[@judyboyd9530]

Thank you Blake. You are awesome and thank you for the action, it worked 😊

[@f64Academy]

Yessssss!

[@bc9409]

That was an awesome video Blake! I don't do sky replacement that much so this simplifies everything. Thanks so much!

[@kenmorris2858]

Best Photoshop instructor in the USA and Canada....excellent stuff...

[@f64Academy]

Thanks, there are a lot of great ones out there. I appreciate this 😁

[@j0shk1ng]

Awesome tutorial!

[@f64Academy]

Thanks, buddy 😁

[@mikeeckhardt4945]

I am lost for words.. Just..WOW ! Thx Blake.

[@f64Academy]

Yes! Glad you liked it ;)

[@Dickymint1000]

Many thanks Blake ~ great video and loads of help here. 5 star.

[@f64Academy]

Thanks so much!

[@kevsart2376]

Thank you for the tutorial on how the action worked ,also Thank you for the action and the new skies ,will try/play with it now

[@f64Academy]

No problem 👍

[@DebbyThomasArt]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Never thought about Canvas flipping... Don't know how you keep all these things in your head,lol.

[@f64Academy]

Lol lots of experimenting

[@chrisrohwer5481]

Thank you Blake! Again a great gift to your followers.

[@f64Academy]

It's my pleasure!

[@palmfronds]

Many thanks Blake. I just tried your action. This is a very powerful tool that gives excellent results!

[@f64Academy]

Sweeeeeeeet!

[@mitchellj.oconnor2508]

Another awesome video. I always look forward to your videos with my morning coffee. I have learned so much about PS watching them. Thanks Blake for sharing them.

[@f64Academy]

It's my pleasure! Thank you for your support!

[@randysalud1296]

Thank you so much, you`re simply one of the best.

[@f64Academy]

Aw thanks!!!

[@philipperobert3347]

this video is just a genius... I guess best tutorial ever for me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😄

[@micha5645]

Thank you! 👍🏻

[@estetubo]

Excellent! Only you come with innovative ideas 💡. Well done!

[@f64Academy]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@KleenProductsLLC]

You are the man! Thanks for making us better artist photographers.

[@f64Academy]

Wow, thanks! I do what I can ;)

[@ProfMary]

Awesome, Blake! You really came through for us. I am realizing how PS can do EVERYTHING and better, too. I learned about the motion blur and perspective warp that I didn't know about before. Thanks for the tutorial and thanks for the actions.

[@f64Academy]

Awesome!!! Love your enthusiasm 😁

[@Kapofighter007]

Thank you Blake !

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure!

[@TomWindeknecht]

This was an awesome tip for the reflection!

[@f64Academy]

Thanks!

[@PeterScrimshaw1]

Awesome, thanks Blake!!

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure!

[@collinanderson3432]

Awesome, thanks Blake.

[@f64Academy]

Sure thing!

[@surenesoo9978]

That is Awesome! Thank you very much!

[@desmondmaguire8955]

Another great tutorial Blake, thanks for the action. You are the Yoda of Photoshop!!

[@f64Academy]

That's awesome! I'll take that 😁

[@photonsonpixels]

Great tutorial and great generosity, Blake. Thank you so much!

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it 😁

[@algordon6796]

You are a very creative 1st Sgt.

[@f64Academy]

Thank you!

[@Minyx76]

Greatings and many thanks from germany. Thats awesome....

[@f64Academy]

Pleasure is all mine!

[@grishabesko1216]

Very helpful and right on time! Thank you!

[@DaveReasonsSr]

Thanks, Blake, that is a super great action.

[@f64Academy]

Any time!

[@bjornjonsson3898]

This is awesome. One of your best tips and short tutorials. Thank you so much, also for the “goodies” (Action and skies). Best regards from Hamburg

[@f64Academy]

Thanks so much! My pleasure!

[@terrykellyphotography6171]

Absolutely awesome!!

[@f64Academy]

:)

[@joelmanscour6100]

Thanks a lot Blake!

[@f64Academy]

Certainly, glad I could help.

[@funnymono]

Thanks . Great video . One of the top educators on YT.

[@f64Academy]

Thank you so much!

[@petercarrington8113]

Dude... You're a legend.

[@Ronin760]

Canvas rotation - Brilliant. Thanks for this.

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure!

[@shellewood]

This is awesome! Adding motion blur and changing the perspective were new tricks for me. Thanks for the action to make it easier!

[@f64Academy]

Glad I could teach you some new tricks!

[@davidaldridge3669]

Another excellent tutorial. Your photoshop expertise is quite incredible. Many thanks!

[@f64Academy]

Aw thanks! I just experiment A LOT!!!

[@iviemclardy50]

Awesome many thanks, from Bonnie Scotland.

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure 😁

[@donwhite332]

Nicely presented and helpful.

[@corneliadenk173]

Amazing thanks for the explanation 🙏

[@f64Academy]

Sure thing!

[@mosheovadya]

Brilliant!

[@Supergoldfish101]

Wow, this is awesome! You truly are my new Photoshop hero!

[@f64Academy]

Sweeeet! That's awesome 😁

[@scomart]

Great job! I've played a lot with the new sky replacement with reflection in Luminar AI and this has it beat! Plus, you have so much more control. This may end up being one of my favorite actions.

[@f64Academy]

I agree 100%

[@VikramRamFilms]

Wonderful job! Such a time saver :)

[@arisantoniou2820]

Really great.Thaks a lot.

[@anupbokil]

Absolute master!! 🙏🏻

[@f64Academy]

Thanks!

[@abhishekchakraborty1067]

Awesome.. Thank you very much Blake❤️.. Love from India❤️❤️

[@f64Academy]

It's my pleasure!

[@enzotommasi6512]

Great work really appreciate your efforts here downloaded your actions for this and look forward to trying them out

[@ngodinhhoang]

Thank you very much !❤💚💙

[@TheSecRATary]

Great tutorial, it was a lot to take in, (for me), but I needn't have worried as the PS Action worked a treat !!! 🙂👍 I had updated the Luminar AI software only the day before, and that had the *Replacement Sky & Reflections* too, but I must say that out of 6 images tried, all 6 failed miserably. ☹ I tried the same images using my own 'skies' along with your PS CC Action Blake, and 5 out of 6 had excellent results ! Many, many thanks for another brilliant video tutorial and the Action. Stay Safe ... 😷👍 🍺🐁🍺

[@f64Academy]

Same here. I definitely tested it on both platforms.

[@Rdavis6593]

Wow. Great video. Thanks.

[@SusanScharenberg]

Very cool Blake, you make hard things easy! Thank you for the demo, action and skies. (Side humor: the random KZbin ad preceding your video was for Luminar AI's Sky Replacement. :-D )

[@f64Academy]

Haha, that's too funny! Oh the irony!

[@branchau]

Amazing!

[@f64Academy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Kameron247]

wow so amazing and helpful, keep posting

[@f64Academy]

Will do! Been at it for 10 years, ain't stopping now 😎

[@Kameron247]

@@f64Academy wow i love the spirit and m inspired to do the same

[@jiml989]

Thank you!

[@f64Academy]

Sure thing!

[@colinbaterip2373]

Hi Blake. This is an astonishgly good tutorial and thank you very much for the free action which I know I will use, but I only ever use my own skies. I bought Luminar when it first came out and upgraded (re-purchased it) up to Luminar 4. I used it for the occasional sky replacement and nothing else. I never purchased the AI version because Photoshop added sky replacement and the Luminar AI version was poorly reviewed. But the latest version seems to have better reviews and I was thinking of purchasing it - just for sky replacements. Now I won't have to, so many thanks.

[@f64Academy]

Absolutely! It's alright for skies, but I'd much prefer to stay in Ps!

[@gashead2]

Many thanks

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure!

[@davidsmart9706]

Another great video Blake thanks for the action saves me remembering all that you are a brilliant teacher how you explain things now its my job trying to remember it all hi..

[@f64Academy]

Happy to help!

[@danielprucey9796]

Thanks, cool stuff...I've been needing this for a few shots I took in Colorado a few years ago, beautiful mountain views with a reflective lake but no interesting sky! Thank you

[@f64Academy]

This should do you just fine 😁

[@innercityunit2112]

Super-cool stuff...I am a subscriber, getting back up to speed with my photography and editing, after a short(ish) break, and love this tutorial..Great advice as usual, love the whole learning process, which = it's huge (Ps) and so much to learn, but really enjoy it. It's always cool to know why you are doing something and exactly what you are doing = solid foundations..etc, etc. Thanks for the Action, which can also serve as a great practice tool, to see if you can replicate the effect/s by yourself in Ps. Given me a nice boost mentally as well, great stuff!...Thanks Blake!....Oh, by the way, the perspective correction and fine-tuning were new to me and now looking forward to a few practice edits.

[@f64Academy]

Awesome! Thanks so much. I really like this method.

[@artrealestatephotography8633]

This is awesome! I'm a fan now! thank you!

[@f64Academy]

Woot!

[@DarrenRussinger]

Hells yes! Thank you sir!

[@f64Academy]

😁

[@renuprasadsg9705]

U R right GI is always better > AI. Ur sky are so good Thank you

[@f64Academy]

So nice of you, thank you!

[@m.w.2214]

Thanks for the great video and action! The sky you have supplied. How is the use of the skies? Can they be used in stock photos that are sold?

[@f64Academy]

Sure, my skies are royalty free.

[@avnerbenzvi8757]

thanks it's great

[@f64Academy]

Glad you liked it!

[@rgarlinyc]

Terrific stuff - thank you and for your ATN as well. You reminded me that I used to think I I knew Photoshop's capabilities very well - and then I discovered Blend-if! By the way, I've been following you since at least 2016 and I notice that unlike me, you haven't aged one iota in the last five years. There should be a law against this!😀

[@f64Academy]

Lol! Thanks, my hair is telling me otherwise! So much gray!

[@sfrancfrancnrm8640]

Very kind. Tks.

[@f64Academy]

Sure thing!

[@cmazz2898]

Thanks for the Action and skies. I noticed that in order to reposition the reflected sky I have to first turn off the upper sky group 'eye ball' first. Any idea why? Also if the sky I am replacing already had a lot of puffy white clouds before the replacement, the replacement sky allows some of the clouds to show through. Is this because your action used a 62 opacity value?

[@f64Academy]

Yes, typically this is for images with no sky at all. In that case set the opacity to 100 and add contrast to the reflection instead.

[@clemdesilva5972]

Great tutorial Blake. Always learn a lot from you. I tried downloading the Action and replacement file but PS wont recognise it. Can you advise please.

[@alaikens6353]

Thanks for the instructions and the action. A very straightforward explanation as usual. I have several sets of sky files that I'd like to upload as different groups. It seems that creating and importing *.sky files is the way to do this. I've searched Adobe help and through Google searches with no success. Can you describe or provide a link for how to create a *.sky file? Thanks.

[@cdsimard]

great i made my proper action to get more choice of transform and perspective

[@f64Academy]

Good on you 😁

[@brianbochicchio7729]

(O.o) Wow looks great and kinda easy. Now that you have figured it out for us - lol. Thanks Blake! Gonna try it without the action first.

[@f64Academy]

You can do it!

[@clemdesilva5972]

Sorry Blake> I just worked it out. Thanks again.

[@arilandedflat]

Thank you so much! I have a problem however... The photo I tried to edit has a gray sky and the water is gray, and Photoshop doesn't detect the water as a sky. What can I do? Thanks! ❤

[@f64Academy]

Thanks! Unfortunately, you'd have to do the reflection manually if that's the case. Of there's too much detail in the water, PS won't be able to detect it as a sky.

[@arilandedflat]

@@f64Academy Thanks for the help, is there any way I can send you the photo and see if you think that the detail is the problem? Theres not much aside from a boat

[@f64Academy]

You can shoot a screenshot over to: [e-mail] I'll take a look.

[@michaellekas27]

Blake excellent video with the technique you explain in the video. However I am encountering a problem. After initially selecting a sky and going to image and flipping canvass vertically, I then go to edit to select sky replacement to select same sky, PS is telling me sky not detected. Now this has happened a few times. Not sure what to do

[@f64Academy]

That means theres too much in the forground and Photoshop doesn't know what to do.

[@terryrwhitford6333]

Thanks for the download and tut. Were you really a 1stSgt? I was an E5 Sgt in the USMC 1964-68. Where does PS store its skies for the replacement? Thanks again.

[@f64Academy]

Thanks for your service! Still am, E-8 USAF. I'm not sure where Ps keeps their skies, it's in one of the folders as a .sky file.

[@terryrwhitford6333]

@@f64Academy Thanks, I have hundreds of skies that I have captured over the years and would like to import them in one fell swoop. Thank you for your service.

[@twigsdigiart1]

I've tried all afternoon to run the action after watching the video several times. Has something changed or is there a step missing in the action because it stops after rotating the canvas and trying to add the same sky. The note pops up and tells me there is no sky to be replaced. I would love to be able to do this in an action. Thanks.

[@f64Academy]

It may be the image you are using. There can't be anything in the forums but water.

[@FotomakerAcademy]

Hi Blake, This sounded so cool. And, your video is great. But I can't get the action to create a reflection (Win 10, Ps 2021 rel. 22.3)... Sadly... uh oh, maybe I need AI. Darn it.

[@f64Academy]

You might need an image where the reflection is natural. Oceans don't work well, too much texture.

[@jpmissdeNice]

Great tutorial. Unfortunately I can't run the action on a non english version of PS.

[@f64Academy]

Sorry not much I can do about that.

[@jpmissdeNice]

@@f64Academy I've overcome the problem by adding translations steps to your action. Thanks for you work.

[@alexrossi1094]

very nice, too bad the link is not there anymore...

[@wismokey]

When I run the action, both skies are on top of each other in the top sky. The reflection doesn't show over the bottom portion. Ideas?

[@f64Academy]

Nope. Lol. I can't deduce anything in a youtube comment. Please email me with screenshots and error messages.

[@wismokey]

@@f64Academy I got it fixed. I uninstalled>restarted PS.install action with "Load Actions". Thanks. Always good things from you.

[@danielprucey9796]

Need your help, in Photoshop the Sky replacement is grayed out in the Edit tab? I'm not able to install the sky photos?

[@f64Academy]

Make sure your bottom layer is a background, not a smart object.

[@danielprucey9796]

@@f64Academy OK, that was the problem!!!... thanks so much, you're the best !

[@apeel2008]

Yes daddy. I watched to the end. Can I have supper now. LOL?

[@f64Academy]

You may ;)

[@kellyturnerphotography]

This comment made me laugh way too hard 😂🤣👏🏼

[@kim0942]

“supper” you must be from the Midwest like I am.

[@apeel2008]

@@kim0942 Born and raised in Montreal Canada. Move south to Atlanta at age 36 and stayed there for 30 years. Then onto San Antonio Texas since 2017. It was probably because my mom was from Manchester England. I always felt the term ‘dinner’ was for the elites of the world. ‘Supper’ has a more ‘working class’ vibe.

[@kim0942]

@@apeel2008 I still use it all the time despite the funny looks I get. By the way I live in Atlanta now.

[@fineartattic]

It's strange that the skies don't show up. The JPEGS are there, but when I try and install them they do not show up in the folder.

[@f64Academy]

I just updated the download link. Redownload it via the email I sent and you can import the .sky file I provided.

[@fineartattic]

@@f64Academy Cheers Blake. Got the file. Many thanks. Keep up the great work.

[@randyranson84]

One thing about artificial is, that replacing a sky in the first place is an artificial action using an artificial sky from the sky that's already present in your shot. Photographer's no longer have to take any sky they see as valid, changing the world makes us all gods, or does it?

[@f64Academy]

It does when you spend thousands of dollars to travel to these places and you get poor skies! Trust me, I know! That sky could have been there, lol.

[@mehoshcommercialphotograph1877]

The line between photoshop and AI is getting blurrier each and every day, isn't it?

[@f64Academy]

It sure is!

[@richardmardex3014]

Great info but your delivery is as if you just jugged a pot of coffee! Would appreciate if you slowed down a bit!

[@f64Academy]

I don't drink coffee 🤣 I also won't slow down. There is a reason for my cadence. You can slow me down using the speed option in the play bar, or you can pause when necessary. A slower delivery = a very boring experience and neither you or I would enjoy that 😉

[@larryhaley3]

fake skies in my photos? sounds weak in my humble opinion unless you share your creativity with "other" or sky contributed by other lol i just simply dont get it..... if i dont get that Fabulous sky, i take the best pictures i can in the moment and i will get that pure magic sky when its my time/ gees whats happening to real photography and PATIENCE in ones craft?

[@f64Academy]

Right, how about that three day trip where no skies come? This comes in handy if you are open minded to it. And those were real skies somewhere 😆

[@billinglendaleca5093]

@@f64Academy True, a photographer could keep a collection of great skies that they captured themselves for those situations. If you're shooting a great sunset, tilt the camera up to capture less of the foreground and add it to the collection.

[@JackBellesPhotography]

Awesome tutorial!

[@f64Academy]

Thanks!