JPG Sky Artifact Removal

[steve]

Thanks for the help and information guys. There are a million ways to somewhat reduce the artifacts, but I'd like to completely remove the whole mess with a blur or something like selecting the sky and adding color or something. Anyway, Thanks for the info. Check this picture and the sky area. ...

[steve]

Hey folks, Any suggestions for removing artifacts in the sky areas? I have Photoshop CS5 and rarely use layers. I do a lot of selecting areas and working that way. Any suggestions or tutorials. Thanks,,,,,,,,Steve