Here Bob “The Miz” takes a simple landscape image and shows how to turns it from dull to interesting in photoshop in just around 4 minutes.  By adding highlights to some of the tree limbs and tweaking the levels, as well as adjusting the way the sky looks, the image really comes to life (as compared to the original). The techniques covered in this tutorial video include layer masking, saturation, curves adjustment layers, and blown out sky replacement.

Here Bob shows us how to use the screen layer blending mode in Photoshop (on a landscape photograph of a hot air balloon) to improve detail and levels.  He also demonstrates how to create a simple gradient layer to improve the sky with the soft light layer blending mode.  The Miz’s photoshop video tutorials are always a great resource to all photographers, graphic designers, and Photoshop users alike.  This is a nice brief tutorial – I’m going to try and remember these simple pointers the next time I’m editing a landscape photo with a blue sky.

Adobe Photoshop video tutorial by Robert Mizerek