Enhancing Eyebrows and Eyelashes


Let's face itnot every face is perfect, so we sometimes resort to using makeup to enhance our facial features. So what happens when the model for your photo shoot forgets to wear mascaraor worse yethas transparent eyebrows? Well, don't browbeat her (okay, that was lame)just fix it in Elements.

Step One

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Open the photo that you want to enhance.

Step Two

Go to the Layers palette and choose Levels from the Create Adjustment Layer pop-up menu (it's the half-white/half-black circle icon at the top of the palette).

Step Three

When the Levels dialog appears, drag the shadow Input Levels slider to the right to darken the image. The entire image will darken, but don't worry, we'll fix that laterjust focus on the eyebrows and eyelashes as you drag the slider. When the eyebrows and eyelashes look good to you, click OK.

Step Four

Press the letter D to change your Fore-ground color to black. Then, press Alt-Backspace to fill your adjustment layer mask with black. This hides the Levels adjustment you just made, revealing your original Background layer.

Step Five

Now, press the letter B to switch to the Brush tool. Click on the Brush thumbnail in the Options Bar and in the resulting Brush Picker choose a small, soft-edged brush that's the same size as the largest area of the eyebrows. Press the X key again to switch your Foreground color to white and begin painting over the eyebrows. As you get to smaller areas of the eyebrows, press the Left Bracket key ([) to decrease the size of your brush.

Step Six

If the eyebrows are too dark, don't sweat itwe'll fix that later. Now let's move on to the eyelashes, so press the Left Bracket key ([) to decrease the size of your Brush tool. (You may have to press the Bracket key several times to make the brush the size of the eyelashes.)

Step Seven

With your small Brush tool, lightly paint over the eyelashes on both eyes. Note: If needed, press the Z key to switch to the Zoom tool and zoom into the image for a better look. Then, press the B key to switch back to the Brush tool and begin painting.

Step Eight

Now the effect may be too intense, so lower the Opacity in the Layers palette to around 65% or until the effect looks natural.

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The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
ISBN: 0321384830
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 201
Authors: Scott Kelby

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