What is sky replacement for real estate photos?

Swapping the sky in an exterior listing photo for a better one, without changing the property. Grey or overcast days are the usual reason. Pixly does it in a minute or two for 1 credit and keeps the house, trees and reflections as shot.

Does it change the house or the lighting?

No. The building, the ground and the plants keep their exposure and colour. Only the sky and the surfaces that reflect it change. If you want the house relit for evening, that is Day to Dusk.

Do I need to disclose a sky-replaced photo on the MLS?

Treat it like any digitally edited listing photo. Most boards allow it when you label the image, for example “sky replaced” or “digitally enhanced”. The property itself is unchanged.

Can I control where the sun is?

Yes. Set Sun visible to On and drag the marker on your photo. The sun appears the way it naturally would in the chosen sky, and if the shadows in the photo say the light comes from elsewhere, it stays soft so nothing contradicts.

How much does sky replacement cost on Pixly?

1 credit per photo — the same as staging, enhance or day to dusk. Credits start on Starter at $5.99/wk. A photo with no visible sky is refused before a credit is spent.

Sky Replacement

Sky replacement for real estate photos

Turn a grey, overcast or blown-out sky into a natural one in a minute or two. The house, the trees, the lawn and the reflections in the windows stay exactly as shot. Leave it on Auto, or pick a sky and place the sun. 1 credit.

Replace the sky on a photo See pricing

From $19.99/mo · cancel anytime · or start with Starter from $5.99/wk

Suburban house under a flat grey sky sliding to the same photo with a clearing blue sky — before

Suburban house under a flat grey sky sliding to the same photo with a clearing blue sky — after

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What this edit includes

A new sky, and nothing else

The sky, replaced

Grey, white, hazy or blown-out skies become a natural one with a proper gradient and soft clouds, matched to the light already in the photo.

Reflections that agree

Windows, glass railings, pools and wet driveways reflect the new sky instead of the old grey one. That is the detail a cheap sky swap misses.

Six skies, or Auto

Clear blue, Light clouds, Dramatic clouds, Sunset, Pastel sunrise or Winter clear. Or leave it on Auto and the tool picks what suits the light.

The sun where you want it

Switch the sun on and drag it into place on your photo. It appears the way it naturally would in that sky, and it follows the shadows already on the house.

How it works

Four taps. One credit.

01
Upload an exterior photo
Any listing exterior with the sky in view. A photo with no sky is refused before anything is charged.
02
Pick Sky Replacement
Same photo tool as Stage and Enhance. No prompt to write — the mode is the instruction.
03
Choose a sky, or don't
Auto is preselected. Pick one of six skies if you have a look in mind, and place the sun if you want it visible.
04
Generate
One credit, a minute or two. Then run Day to Dusk on the same photo for the evening version.

Read the step-by-step guide

Before you upload

Which photos work best

Works best

Exterior shots with at least a strip of sky at the top of the frame.
Grey, white or blown-out skies. The duller the sky, the bigger the difference.
Interiors with a view through windows or glass doors work too.

Avoid

Photos with no sky anywhere. They are refused and you are not charged.
Dusk or night shots. For evening light, use Day to Dusk.

Stays the same

The house, roof, lawn and camera angle keep their exposure and colour. Only the sky and its reflections change.

In the app

One photo, one click, a sky if you want one

This is the Sky Replacement page in Pixly. Add the photo, leave Auto on or pick one of six skies, choose whether the sun is visible, and generate. The result lands in your library next to the original.

Open Sky Replacement

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