Stop Butchering Sky Replacements: Master Photoshop's Basic Selection Tools First

Stop Butchering Sky Replacements: Master Photoshop's Basic Selection Tools First

There’s a specific kind of embarrassment that comes from spending three days on a composite that looks like garbage, only to have someone show you a simpler technique you completely overlooked. I’ve been there. Sky replacements were one of those things I kept overcomplicating, reaching for complex masking workflows before I’d even thought about whether a cleaner, faster approach existed. Turns out, sometimes the humble selection tools you skipped past in week one of learning Photoshop are doing more heavy lifting than you gave them credit for.