Directly above that brush stroke, brush off more at around 50%, and then finally right at the sky line brush off at around 15%. Next take a big, soft, black brush and set the opacity to 100%.Working on that layer mask, brush off any harsh edges (you’ll see that harsh edge in the photo below). First, add a layer mask onto your sky layer. Now this step might be a little tricky and take some practice to get the sky to your liking. This will allow you to see the skyline and blend in some of the color of your sky to the background making it look more natural. Change The Blending Mode Of Your Sky To Multiply Use the “move” tool to position your sky. Move the Overlay To Your Desired Position Click on the one that you want and it will instantly pop up onto your photo. In Photoshop, go to File>Place Embedded and then choose the folder where your sky overlays are. The one I’m using in this tutorial are from the Cinematic Skies Collection. If you’d like to try out some awesome freebies from Morgan Burks Photoshop Resources Shop, you can grab your freebies right here! Or you may have some that you’ve purchased. If you have one of your own that you took, use that one. Open the photo you want to add a sky toįor this tutorial the below photo is the one I’ll be working with. Have a photo with a blown out sky? It’s easy to add in a dreamy sunset to your photo to really give it that extra WOW factor!? Watch and read right here to learn exactly how to use sky overlays to create dreamy sunsets in Photoshop!ġ.

Sunrise sky overlays