 Katie Parks |
bright eyes HI! Ive been looking at some photos around here today and noticed some on some of the photos where kids have bright blue eyes people have asked what effect they photographer used, is there some thing out there that makes the blue eyes sparkle a little more because I have a neice with beautiful eyes, for somereason I cant get them to have that speachail little "umph" others pictures seem to capture. Any advice?
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A C |
What software do you use? I use PS CS and I use masks and adjustments layers to modify the eyes. I'll use "curves" and brighten the whites while darkening the darks. So pretty much I'm adjusting the contrast ... but please oh please do not just use a basic contrast filter to adjust the eyes. I also use the clone tool or healing brush to take out any extra catch lights in the eye. You should only have about one per eye. The last thing is to sharpen the eyes a little. Sometimes I give the face a slight gausian blur except for areas like the eyes ... that makes 'em pop and helps hide laugh lines and other wrinkles. Or I sharpen the eyes using Unsharp Mask without blurring the face. Did I completely confuse you? I hope not. I don't know how familiar you are with all of these tools. Here is a tutorial that will help with sharpening specific areas: http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/AdvancedSharpening.mov For more tutorials like this one, go to: http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html These tutorials are super super easy to follow.
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Jane M |
Eyes are a very personal taste and it's subjective what's best. A lot of people seem to like the very clear almost painted on look, personally I prefer the more natural look, just slightly enhanced, I like to see shades in the whites blending into the eye sockets. This can be done by *slightly* dodging the midtones and highlights in the eye. As mentioned above a little extra sharpening helps add sparkle too. Also personally I don't modify catchlights, in a perfect world we'd all have one catchlight in the top right corner of each iris :-) but I like the varied catchlights in real life from the sky and reflected objects on the ground. One thing I don't like is having the photographer silhouetted in the catchlight, though sometimes it can be done for dramatic effect.
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Katie Parks |
I currently use pspx thanks for the tips though, been dinkin around with the tools and think it wont be long before I get it. I think shapening makes the eyes in the picture of her I have been working on stand out more. Thanks again!
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A C |
The other thing to try is to make the eyes a tad bit larger. For those using PS, you can using the bloat tool under Filter > Liquify and make the eyes a little larger. I don't use it very often, but it does add a little extra. Jane is right about using the dodge tool. It is a lot easier to use than curves.
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
I select the eyes (everything but the whites) and copy it to a new layer and paint over the original color with an enhanced color. I then change the layer type to overlay, hardlight, softlight, whatever has the best and most realistic effect. I then use the smudge tool to blend the new color into the old. Also, I use PSP X, and use the tooth whitening tool to whiten the eyes. When I sharpen the irises, I use unsharp mask, luminance only... Hope this helps.
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