Now press Ctrl/Command + 0 to see the whole selected area, and while holding Shift, click and drag the bottom right corner of the sky image until it matches the width of our canvas.
Once the widths are the same, place the image in the canvas using the image below as reference:
So far your image should look like this:
Now that the image is in place, we’re going to get rid of those logos. Select the Quick Selection Tool (or press W) and make a rough selection around the bottom logo.
Now let Photoshop do the hard work for you, press Shift + F5, select Content-Aware and click OK.
To erase the upper logo we’re going to use the Clone Stamp Tool. Select it (or press S) and click anywhere in the canvas with the right mouse button to change the settings of the brush. The brush size should be 500px and the hardness 0%.
Now use the Clone Stamp Tool to clone the area in the right (Alt/Option+click) into the logo (click and drag) like shown in the image below:
Your image should now look similar to this one:
Now we’re going to add a vignette and some lens correction to the background. Go to , click in the Custom tab, set the Amount to -25, Remove Distortion to +25 and Horizontal Perspective to -10.
Your image should now look like this:
Step 3 Changing the background colors
In this tutorial we’re going to add all the adjustment layers non-destructively by clicking in the “Create new fill or adjustment layer” like shown in the image below:
Using this technique, add a Curves Adjustment Layer going to ‘Create new fill or adjustment layer’ > Curves and change the RGB line based on the image below.
We don’t want the sky to be brighter, only the ocean, so we’re going to change the layer mask of the adjustment layer. Click on the layer mask of the Curves adjustment layer, select a soft brush and paint the sky with black to hide the adjustment layer in that area. Some quick tips:
- Press D on your keyboard to return the colors of your palette back to Black and White
- When painting a layer mask, black will hide the layer, and white will reveal it again
- If you make a mistake while painting a layer mask, you just have to paint the area where you made the mistake with white again
- You can quickly change between your background and foreground color by pressing X
- To hide a layer mask, hold the Shift key and click on the mask. Do the same thing if you want to reveal it again
You should now have something like this:
Now we’re going to change the sky a little bit. Add an Exposure Adjustment Layer non-destructively and set the Exposure to -20, the Offset to -0,15, and the Gamma Correction to 0,9.
