Do you want to learn how to easily replace the sky in Lightroom?

Is the cloudy sky in your real estate estate photo ruining your “hero shot”? By following these simple steps in Adobe Lightroom, you can make your skies pop.

In this post, we’ll show you how to replace or enhance the sky in Lightroom in 4 simple steps to create stunning real estate photography that will capture buyers’ attention.

Let’s dive in!

Replacing the Sky in Lightroom (4 Simple Steps)

To get started creating beautiful and vibrant skies that will enhance your real estate photography and hopefully accelerate sales, you can use these 4 simple steps:

Step 1. Import an exterior photo of a property in Adobe Lightroom. The sky should be prominent in the image.

Step 2. Select the Brush Tool at the upper right corner of the sidebar, just below the Histogram. Then click the Auto Mask box further below.

High-Quality & Consistent

Real Estate Photo Editing

Hire a dedicated editor with performance metrics from $7/hour.

Step 3. Adjust the Temp to blue by moving the pointer to the left.

Step 4. Brush over the sky. Make sure that the encircled crosshair at the center of the brush won’t touch the areas below the sky.

It’s that easy to enhance skies!

Let PhotoUp Enhance Your Real Estate Photography

Looking to save some time? PhotoUp’s team of expert real estate photo editors can replace or enhance skies, remove cords, and process your photos based on your custom preferences and style at the low cost of $1.50 per image.

Our skilled photo editors can help with the following issues:

  • Improper exposure levels
  • Harsh shadows, lack of light, etc.
  • Blurred images that were taken without a tripod
  • Images that need cropping or other effects
  • Lawn greening and sky replacements
  • Twilight editing
  • Clutter and object removal
  • Line and angle corrections
  • And much more!

Additionally, PhotoUp is also a complete one-stop-shop for real estate marketing and offers services such as:

PhotoUp also gives you an all-in-one photo management system, so you can upload and receive photos, send instructions and feedback, track and manage team members and clients, and deliver photos directly to your clients.

PhotoUp Real Estate Photo Editing Uploader Demo

Check out how easy it is to get started using PhotoUp’s software in this real estate photo editing uploader tutorial:

It’s really as easy as 1-2-3!

Sign up for an account today, and let PhotoUp take the editing off your plate. For a limited time, you even get 10 free edits when signing up!

We hope this blog post helped you learn how to replace the sky in Lightroom. If you found this post useful, you may also want to check out the following resources: