Turn the scenery into a miracle to save your later

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This is in the haze of the shooting of Princess Lake, the use of the Invincible rabbit shooting, 3 pieces of stitching for wide mode.

The whole picture looks more dull, insipid, this needs to pass the digital later to transform into the magic of decay.

The idea is to make a selection of the sky and water in the photos, and use other Sky materials to replace the selection, so that the dull photos glow with charm.

First, the implementation of the "select"-> "Color range", using a straw in the sky area to click, set the "color tolerance" of about 61, so that the sky area becomes darker, click "OK" button.

As you can see, the sky is partly selected.

Perform the reverse selection by selecting-> reverse or by using the shortcut key "Ctrl+shift+i". Then, press the "CTRL+J" key to create a new layer-layer 1.

Hold down the CTRL key, click Layer 1, select Layer 1, press the "CTRL + C" key to copy the selected layer 1.

Next, we open the material file that is ready to replace the sky.

Press the "CTRL + V" key to paste the copied layer 1. Press the "Ctrl+t" key to adjust the size and position of the layer just pasted to fit the position.

Select the Crop tool from the toolbar or use the shortcut key "C" to crop the layer 1.

For layer 1, "filter"-> "Nik Software"-> "Color efex Pro 4" filter, in the pop-up dialog box, select "Film Effect: Modern", from the Drop-down menu select "Kodachrome 64" film effect.

Click on the "OK" button to generate a color Efex Pro 4 layer, you can see that the white birch color becomes gorgeous, transparent.

Now that the sky has been replaced, the next step is to handle the water.

Press the "Ctrl+shift+alt+e" key, seal the layer, select the rectangular Marquee tool from the toolbar or use the shortcut "M" to select the surface area from Layer 2.

Press the "Ctrl+j" key to create a new layer-layer 3, which hides all layers except layer 3.

Next, press the "Ctrl+j" key, copy Layer 3, create the Layer 3 copy layer, and set its layer blending mode to "filter". The aim is to improve the brightness of the picture.

"Choose"-> "color range", using a straw in the surface area click, set "color tolerance" of about 133, so that the surface area becomes darker, click "OK" button.

You can see that the selection is created in the surface area by the color range. Right-click, and in the shortcut menu that pops up, select the Save Selection command to store the selection as a ALPHA1 channel.

Press the "Ctrl+d" key to deselect, select the background layer, and hide the remaining layers. Select the rectangular Marquee tool from the toolbar or use the shortcut "M" to select the area in the background layer that maps to the surface of the sky.

Press the CTRL + C key to copy the rectangular selection. Click Activate Layer 2, press the "CTRL + V" key to create a new layer-layer 4, then perform the "edit"-> "transform"-> "flip vertically" to flip the selection.

Reduce the opacity of layer 4 to 50%, press the "Ctrl+t" key and press the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to adjust the selection to the best position on the surface.

Go to the channel panel, hold down the left mouse button and click on the ALPHA1 channel to load the water selection.

Back to the layers panel, the layer 4 opacity to restore 100%, click on the bottom of the Level Panel "add vector Mask" icon, add a mask for layer 4, you can see the sky background on the surface of the map.

Set Layer 4 's layer blending mode to "overlay". Increase the contrast of the picture.

Press the "Ctrl+shift+alt+e" key, seal the layer, create a new layer-layer 5, and drag it to the top of the layer.

For layer 5, "filter"-> "Nik Software"-> "Color efex Pro 4" filter, in the pop-up dialog box, select "Film Effect: Modern", from the Drop-down menu select "Kodak Gold 100" film Effect.

Finally, the image is flattened and the image processing is finished.

In fact, using the color Range command to choose the sky or water is not the most accurate way to choose, the main point is that this command is simpler, we can choose the sky and water more accurately through the "calculation" or the channel command, but we need more technology, here simply provides a post-processing idea and a simple method, For reference only.

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