Best way to turn a day shot to night?

i would love to learn how to change a day shot (including the sky) into a night shot like that link shows... i think they just use a gradient, but i'm not too sure.
 
http://videocopilot.net/tutorials.html Very first tutorial at the bottom of the page.

That's how to replace the sky. Add a night sky and then apply your filter and tweak it.

Also if you shoot in the "golden hour" which is right when the sun sets, there will not be any shadows but still enough light to shoot.
 
Quick and easy way...

create a dark blue solid, comp size, place it over your footage and change the blend mode to overlay. Use levels on your footage to tweak as need, bringing out the yellow will simulate the way light works at night. Curves work well too for that softer rolloff.
 
One thing that is important to remember is that usually night shots do no have hard shadows (unless there is a full moon or you are under a streetlight or something like that) so if you shoot on an overcast day, you will get nice diffuse shadows that are more realistic.

Depends on your location though.

Otherwise and as usual oninf's method will get you there.
 
Always heavily desaturate the image. Human's technically can't see color once the lighting drops below a certain level.
 
oneinfiniteloop said:
Quick and easy way...

create a dark blue solid, comp size, place it over your footage and change the blend mode to overlay. Use levels on your footage to tweak as need, bringing out the yellow will simulate the way light works at night. Curves work well too for that softer rolloff.
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Shaw said:
Always heavily desaturate the image. Human's technically can't see color once the lighting drops below a certain level.
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so easy yet so effective, good stuff guys :) - marty.
 
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