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John, there are several approaches; here’s one:
1. Open your building photo in Elements; I’ll assume it’s a one-layer photo at this point.
2. In the Layers palette, double-click on the layer, which should be named "Background." When you do that, you should get a pop-up dialog box called New Layer, which proposes to change the name of the background layer to Layer 0. Hit OK.
3. Open up your background sky photo. Do a Select>All, Edit>Copy.
4. Return to your building photo. Do an Edit>Paste and now the sky will be showing and you won’t see the building except in the Layers palette thumbnail, where there should now be two layers (Layer 0 and Layer 1).
5. In the layers palette for the building photo, drag the sky layer (Layer 1) beneath the building layer (Layer 0). Now you should be seeing the building with its old sky.
6. Go to the layers palette and click on the building layer (Layer 0), then select the old sky area using the Magic Wand tool. If too much of the tree branches are selected, do a Ctrl-D (Cmd-D on Mac) to turn off the selection, then lower the tolerance of the magic wand and try again.
7. When you’re satisfied with your selection of the sky, do an Edit>Clear. This will make the area you selected transparent and the sky from the layer below should show through.
8. It may be necessary to zoom in on the tree area and use the eraser brush to get rid of the remnants of the old sky. Be very careful, as this isn’t reversible unless you do an Edit>Step Backward or go backwards in History states.
There are lots of nuances to this and also some ways to do it that are ‘non-destructive’ to the original image, but this is one way to start. Please come back it you want to discuss more.
Chuck
Chuck
1. Open your building photo in Elements; I’ll assume it’s a one-layer photo at this point.
2. In the Layers palette, double-click on the layer, which should be named "Background." When you do that, you should get a pop-up dialog box called New Layer, which proposes to change the name of the background layer to Layer 0. Hit OK.
3. Open up your background sky photo. Do a Select>All, Edit>Copy.
4. Return to your building photo. Do an Edit>Paste and now the sky will be showing and you won’t see the building except in the Layers palette thumbnail, where there should now be two layers (Layer 0 and Layer 1).
5. In the layers palette for the building photo, drag the sky layer (Layer 1) beneath the building layer (Layer 0). Now you should be seeing the building with its old sky.
6. Go to the layers palette and click on the building layer (Layer 0), then select the old sky area using the Magic Wand tool. If too much of the tree branches are selected, do a Ctrl-D (Cmd-D on Mac) to turn off the selection, then lower the tolerance of the magic wand and try again.
7. When you’re satisfied with your selection of the sky, do an Edit>Clear. This will make the area you selected transparent and the sky from the layer below should show through.
8. It may be necessary to zoom in on the tree area and use the eraser brush to get rid of the remnants of the old sky. Be very careful, as this isn’t reversible unless you do an Edit>Step Backward or go backwards in History states.
There are lots of nuances to this and also some ways to do it that are ‘non-destructive’ to the original image, but this is one way to start. Please come back it you want to discuss more.
Chuck
Chuck
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