Gradient Fliter Sluggish?

[Souwalker]

Hi

I have a raw file of my wife standing in front of a row of vine in a vineyard. Unfortunately the sky is iverexposed, possibly blown out.

I treid for 1'-15 minutes trying to work with the gradient filter to try to knock down exposure of the sky. Moving the grid around was a pain in the **s. I could not get it level with the horizon because moving the filter around was so sluggish I gave up... In the end I cropped out the sky. It's probably my PC.

I'm figuring out how to salvage the shot with the sky but no idea how to. Maybe put a false blue sky but don't know how.

Any tips?

Thanks
Pat

 

[Mark Sirota]

I can't really explain the sluggishness, but you can keep the brush level by holding the shift key while you drag it out.