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12. Blur the sky slightly so it better matches the depth of field in the image. Use the trees for guidance. You can use the Gaussian blur fi lter (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) set to a value of 4–6 pixels.
13. To make the colors match better, you can place a second copy of the sky on top. Be sure just the blue sky is covering the photo. Set the blending mode to Overlay or Soft Light and lower the Opacity of the layer.
The completed image, Ch11_ Fix_Sky_Completed.tif, is on the CD if you’d like to examine it more closely.
TIP An Aware Scale? Photoshop CS4 offers content-aware scaling that is useful for reshaping photos from portrait to landscape (or vice versa). Simply choose Edit > Content-Aware Scale to access the command. It behaves much like the Free Transform command but it can be set to protect an area through an alpha channel or by clicking the protect skin tones button.