Landscape

AI Tools

Sky Replacement: Does the AI Actually Work?

When Adobe added Sky Replacement to Photoshop, reactions ranged from “this changes everything” to “this is the end of honest photography.” Having used it extensively over two years, my take is more boring: it’s a useful tool that works well about 70% of the time. Let’s look at what it actually does and where it breaks. How It Works Edit > Sky Replacement opens a panel where you select from preset skies or load your own.

February 22, 2026

Compositing

Creating Seamless Panoramas in Photoshop

Photoshop’s panorama stitching has gotten remarkably good over the years, but it still requires some understanding of what it’s doing — and what can go wrong — to get consistently great results. Shooting for the Stitch The quality of your panorama is mostly determined before you open Photoshop. Overlap by 30-40%. Each frame should share about a third of its content with the next frame. Less overlap gives the stitching algorithm less data to work with, resulting in visible seams or failed merges.

November 18, 2025