Editing out the join lines in Photoshop ?

[luca brazzi]

Messing with some of my Pistonfest pictures...selecting the sky from one picture and putting it into another, or just enhancing the sky in a picture by copying it to a new level.....how do I hide the 'join' marks where the sky meets the land?

I've tried feathering when selecting an area, but to no real success. Is there a definitive best method for concealing the joins.

Here's an example that shows what I mean...

All help much appreciated.

LB

[Mrs Fish]

email me the two parts seperatley (sp?) and I'll have a go for you

[PetrolTed]

If you've got V7 then use the healing brush.

[luca brazzi]

PetrolTed said:

If you've got V7 then use the healing brush.

Thanks Ted.....will have a go later.

[simpo two]

Try the blur tool with a very small brush size. It's a healing tool for 6.0 users!

[dcw@pr]

PetrolTed said:

If you've got V7 then use the healing brush.

if you want to be really sophisticated you could use it with the blending mode set to darken! Possibly use the history brush set to a low opacity too (and maybe also darken).

also, I think you may have a problem in that it is very unusual for the sky to be darker than the ground, so the picture will always look a bit funny as the brain is unused to seeing that scene natrually. I look forward to seeing the next version though, it is very dramatic.

>> Edited by dcw@pr on Monday 12th July 19:10

[Mad Dave]

The best way of doing it is to use Mask tool - create a layer mask on the sky and use the black airbrush tool to gradually blend it in. Works a treat.