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This lesson demonstrates a quick way of replacing a washed-out - or dull sky. You will find the cannon image Here. Unzip the file and open it onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your choice of image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Now, set the Foreground colour swatch to Black.  Lesson.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the Gradient Tool - Gradient Tool Lesson Here!
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Ensure you click Reset Gradients as demonstrated by my screen capture here.
Then double-left-click to set the Foreground to Transparent gradient, additionally, ensure Linear Gradient and Reverse are both active.
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Now, from the Layers palette, click the following Create a new layer icon.
And a new layer will be created above the Background layer.
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Now, press your keyboard’s Shift key, and working on the new layer (Layer 1),
left-click and drag a gradient line over the cannon image - in an upwards motion, as illustrated below.
As soon as you release the left-mouse button, your gradient will be applied.
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Now, change the gradient layer’s Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply. Lesson.
Note
Although you will not see an immediate change, the Multiply Blend Mode is important.
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Still working on Layer 1, from the top menu, choose Image then choose Adjustments then choose Hue/Saturation, or click Ctrl and U. In the subsequent Hue/Saturation dialogue box, click a tick into the Colourise tick box, then move the Lightness slider to the right.
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You will notice that the black gradient has changed colour. Now, play with the Hue, Saturation and Lightness sliders, and find a gradient sky you like, then click OK.
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I finished by activating the Background image (cannon), and applying a green tint to the brickwork and cannon. I applied a Sharpening Filter, as described in my lesson Here.
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When you are happy with the look, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then link here to save your work.
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