Cloudy Sky Photoshop Tutorial

Separating the sky

Begin by opening any image with a clear blue sky into Photoshop. This image I opened has a nice architecture but overall, it is a boring photo. In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll dramatically make this photo more interesting by adding some clouds and polarizing the sky.

First, create a new group called Sky. Go to Layer > New > Group.

Now select back the Background layer and use the Magic Wand tool to make a selection of the sky.

Select back the Sky layer group and go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal Selection. You should now have a layer mask with the selection as the layer mask.