Creating Realistic Moody Sky Photo Editing Tutorial | Timothy Concept (Lightroom and Snapseed)

Hello guys, how are you doing? I hope you guys are having a lovely day today. I'm here with another photo editing tutorial. I have created and uploaded a video tutorial on Moody Sky photo editing on my YouTube channel, and today I want to share with you the process it took for me to edit that concept from scratch to the end. Before we dive into the realistic moody sky photo editing, I would like to thank you guys for your comments on my previous video on my YouTube channel. I really love your positive comments; they really motivate me a lot. So learning how to edit your dull, simple picture into a professional photo is simple. The main concept behind the realistic moody sky photo editing is giving the sky a change of background color, whereby the color is more contracted and detailed. If you wish to learn this editing concept, I recommend you read carefully and follow the instructions given in this blog post. You can also check out my other blog posts on our website for other creative and amazing concepts of photo editing.

Just by looking at the photo above, you can notice the significant difference in both images on the left and right side of the photo. I also carried out an experiment, and I asked my friends to choose which one they preferred between the two images in the photo, and the majority chose the edited image on the right side. As you can see, the image on the left is unedited, looking very sunny, unappealing, and kind of dull, but after applying the editing concept of the realistic moody sky to the image on the right side, you can notice the difference, giving it a mystery and dreamy look.

What app I used to create this editing 

As you can see from the title I make use of two mobile applications for this photo editing the first application is the Lightroom and the second one is the Snapseed app. If you're familiar with photo editing space you will notice that these two are some of the best photo editing apps available for mobile devices and they are free to download on the Apple Store if you're an iPhone user, and can also download it on Google Play Store if you're an Android user.

How I Edit the Realistic Moody Sky

Like I said earlier to edit this concept you will need two apps which are the Lightroom application as well as the Snapseed application. Let's get into the whole process:

• Step one, after you have downloaded the apps, also download the preset that I've made available below in this article.

• Step two you open your Lightroom app, and you import the reference photo you want to edit, likewise you also import the preset that you have downloaded below this post.

• You copy the settings of the DNG file or preset file and paste it into the settings of your reference photo, and boom you have your editing done halfway. Save the photo to your photo album or gallery.

• Then you open your Snapseed application and import the photo you just save from the gallery or photo album into the Snapseed app.

• In the Snapseed application click the "tune image" and color grade the image to your taste.

• Next adjusting the vignette to your preferences to give the image a more defined look.

• Next you will add text to the image (optional).

To get the exact concept of the Lightroom and Snapseed editing tutorial I recommend you watch the youtube video down below.

Video Tutorial

To save a lot of time and stress, I've created a YouTube video on how to create the realistic model sky photo editing concept which is more self explanatory just by watching the video tutorial. You will understand and grab the knowledge of this photo editing concept, also if you find it difficult to grab the steps mentioned above in our blog posts, I recommend you what the video below.

Preset Download 

The preset that I make use of in creating the realistic moody sky photo editing can be downloaded below, all you have to do is follow the instructions given below and once you click on it, you will be directed to a Dropbox folder where you be able to download the preset for free.

Click here to download the preset file.

How to apply the Preset

How to apply this preset is very simple and straightforward:

• You have to download the preset.

• After, open the Lightroom app.

• You click on a Plus button which will give you access to add an image, then add the preset into the Lightroom application.

• Next, you copy the settings.

• After, import your reference photo you want to edit.

• Paste the setting to your reference photo, the same way you copy the settings. That's it.

• Now save your image to your gallery or photo album.