Eyes - Step by Step

Step 1: First we are going to take a look at how to remove redeye from images. So if you have a picture of someone with red eye, open it up. Zoom in on one of the eyes in your image so it’s nice and large on your screen. These tricks require very precise selections and zooming in makes selecting part of your image much easier. Select the elliptical marquee tool from the tool pallet by clicking and holding on the rectangular marquee tool in the pallet then selecting the elliptical tool from the pop up menu. Now select the red part of the eye with this tool.



Step 2: Go to the image menu and then the adjustments item then select desaturate. This will make the red turn grey.



Step 3: With out deselecting the gay circle go to the image menu and select the adjustments item then the brightness contrast item. A dialog box will pop open with two sliders. Drag the brightness slider to the left until they grey part turns mostly black. Now deselect the middle of the eye and repeat for the other eye.



Step 4: Now we will look at how to increase the definition of eyes in an image by slightly whitening the whites of the eye. With your image still zoomed in on the eye switch to quick mask mode. You can switch to Quick mask mode by clicking the button in the tool pallet that looks like a grey rectangle with a white circle on it. The button is located just under the color swatches on the tool pallet. The quick way to switch to this mode is by simply pressing the “q” key on your keyboard. Quick mask mode essentially lets you paint on selections in your image, so after you have changed to this mode select your paintbrush tool then press the “d” key on your keyboard to set the foreground color to black. Now paint over the eye with the brush. You should notice the areas you paint turn a transparent red. This is normal. You want to use a fairly hard brush but with a slight softness. Make sure to paint the whole eye but not the eye lashes or lids.



Step 5:Now exit quick mask mode by pressing “q” on your keyboard or by clicking the button just to the left of the quick mask mode button on the tool pallet. Then go to the select menu and select the inverse option. Now your eye should be selected. Now we can brighten it up by going to the image menu and selecting the adjustments option then levels.

A dialog box with a histogram graph will pop open. Under the graph you will notice three little handles on a slider. Click and drag the white handle located on the right hand side of the graph and pull it toward the left. Watch your image as you move the slider. When the whites of the eye have been brightened to your liking release the handle and click ok.



Step 6:Now to change eye color we need to make a new selection of just tie iris or colored part of the eye. So deselect your previous selection and grab the elliptical marquee tool again and select the iris. Then go the image menu and select the adjustments item then select hue saturation.

A new box will pop open with three sliders. The one we are interested in is the hue slider at the top. Try dragging this slider around to see how the eye changes color. For even more color variations you can try clicking the colorize check box at the bottom right corner of the dialog box and then slide the hue slider around again. The saturation slider will adjust the intensity of the color of the eye. When you find a good color just click ok.

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