№ 08 — Sky replacement · Light & sky
Sky replacement — honest skies, light unchanged.
Replace a dull or wrong sky on a listing photo without recolouring the building or the ground.
BeforeAfter
Sky replacement · clear afternoon
The problem
The exterior was shot under a flat overcast and the sky photographs as paper. Sky replacement swaps the sky for a believable alternative — a clear afternoon, a soft sunset — without changing the light on the building below.
The standard
- Building light stays the same. We will not pretend the building was lit by a sky it never saw.
- Sky orientation matches the building’s sun direction.
- Six considered sky styles, none of them theatrical.
The handoff
Output paired with the original so the listing brochure can show the chosen alternative.
Companion tools
Sky replacement is the lightest move in the Light & sky group — pair with day-to-dusk when you want a more dramatic frame, or with photo enhancement when the building also needs a quiet pass.
When Vesta runs it
Used as a single-step move, often outside any bundle — when only the sky is wrong, only the sky needs replacing.
Field notes
Read the studio note on six considered sky styles and none of them theatrical.
Where this lives
Part of the Light & sky entry in the tool catalog. When several tools in this group apply to the same listing, hand the listing to Vesta and let her plan the run.
When the next listing reaches you,