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Introduction
This is the final result of this episode, the plain blue sky behind the tower has been replaced with an orange-pink gradient, and the entire selection was done with just a few clicks of the Magic Wand. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe Photoshop series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. The Magic Wand selects pixels based on color similarity. This tool is very fast for flat-colored areas like a plain sky or a studio background. The key is in the tolerance and contiguous settings.
Step 1: Selecting the Magic Wand
Open the tower photo with the plain blue sky. Right-click on the object selection group in the toolbar and select the Magic Wand Tool or press Shift+Ctrl+I. Notice the options bar, there are sample size, tolerance, anti-alias, and contiguous settings.
Step 2: Small Tolerance
Change the tolerance to 10 and click on the sky in the top left. Only part of the sky is selected, because the sky actually gradients from dark blue to light blue, and a tolerance of 10 only accepts colors that are very similar. Change the tolerance to 32 and click again in the same area.
Step 3: Larger Tolerance
Now almost the entire sky on the left side is selected. Tolerance is the range of color difference, from 0 to 255, that is still considered the same. The sky on the right side and below the tower arch is separated, so it hasn't been selected yet because contiguous is active.
Step 4: Add with Shift
Hold Shift and click on the right sky, then the sky inside the arch. All three areas are now combined into one selection. Create a new layer named 'Sunset Sky', then click the mask icon below the layers panel so the selection becomes a layer mask immediately.
Step 5: Layer of sunset gradient
Click the layer thumbnail, select the gradient tool, and drag from top to bottom with a deep purple to orange gradient.
y Step 6: Merge With
The new sky without being too dense.
Step 6: Merge with the photo
Change the layer blend mode to Multiply so the original sky's smooth texture remains visible, then lower the opacity to 90%. Compare by turning off the eye icon.
Step 7: Save
Save as PSD to keep the mask and gradient editable, then export as JPG.
Done!
Done. We have used the Magic Wand, understood small and large tolerance, contiguous, Shift-click to add, and replaced the sky with a gradient on a masked layer. In the next episode, we'll use quick selection for more complex objects. Need to edit product photos for marketplaces, retouch photos, design posters, or create social media content? Cerdas Inovasi Digital offers photo editing and graphic design services, as well as Photoshop courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master all of this series, 102 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, source images, and layered PSD files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.
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