Whitening the Eyes (Quick Trick)


This is a great little technique for quickly whitening the whites of the eyes, and it has the added benefit of removing any redness in the eye along the way.

Step One

Open the portrait you want to retouch. Press L to get the Lasso tool from the Toolbox and draw a selection around the whites of one of the eyes. Press-and-hold the Shift key and draw selections around the whites of the other eye, until the whites of both eyes are selected. Note: Press Z to get the Zoom tool and zoom in if needed.

Step Two

Go under the Select menu and choose Feather, which will soften the edges of your selection so your retouch isn't obvious. In the Feather Selection dialog, enter 2 pixels and click OK.

Step Three

Go under the Image menu, under Adjustments, and choose Hue/Saturation. When the Hue/Saturation dialog appears, choose Reds from the Edit pop-up menu at the top (to edit just the reds in the photo). Now, drag the Saturation slider to the left to lower the amount of saturation in the Reds (which removes any bloodshot appearance in the whites of the eyes).

Step Four

While you're still in the Hue/Saturation dialog, from the Edit menu switch back to Master. Drag the Lightness slider to the right to increase the lightness of the whites of the eyes. Click OK in the Hue/Saturation dialog to apply your adjustments, and then press Command-D (PC: Control-D) to deselect, completing the retouch. The enhancement appears fairly subtle in the capture shown here, but when you try it yourself at full size, the effect will appear much more pronounced.

Before

After (bloodshot lessened and whites brightened)



    The Photoshop CS2 Book(c) for Digital Photographers
    The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
    ISBN: B002DMJUBS
    EAN: N/A
    Year: 2006
    Pages: 187
    Authors: Scott Kelby

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