Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

BRIGHTEN THE EYES by lightening the whites
You can quickly enhance any portrait by lightening the
whites of the eyes. The eyes are the most important
feature of the face and the key to a person’s individuality.
Whether the whites of the eyes are bloodshot or just
appear dull, lightening them can enhance the whole face.
Lightening and removing red or yellow areas in the
white area brightens the subject’s eyes.
Lightening the whites of the eyes is a multistep and
multilayer process and can be done in various ways.
You can paint directly on the whites of the eyes or start
by selecting the whites. You can remove the redness or
yellow areas using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer
and a layer mask. Then you can lighten the eyes by
duplicating the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and
layer mask, adjusting the lightness, and changing the
blend mode. You can reduce the adjustment layer
opacity to give a more natural look.
The whites of people’s eyes are not completely white,
so you need to zoom in and out to view the entire
photo as you apply the changes. Using adjustment
layers, you can easily go back and modify the
changes to keep the subject looking natural.
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Note: Photograph copyright
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1 Click the Zoom tool and zoom in
on the eye area.
2 Click the Hue/Saturation button
to create a new adjustment layer.
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A A Hue/Saturation layer appears in
the Layers panel with the layer
mask selected and the Properties
panel opens.
3 Click and drag the Saturation
slider to the left to reduce the
discoloration in whites of the
eyes.
Note: The whole image turns gray.
4 With the layer mask selected,
click Edit.
5 Click Fill.
The Fill dialog box appears.
6 Click the Use drop-down menu
and select Black.
7 Click OK.
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