Retouching Eyes in Photoshop
When doing portrait work, the eyes of your subject are the most important points of the image. In this tutorial, photographer Chris Alvanas takes us through the process of retouching an eye to remove a catch light, do some recoloring, get rid of red streaks and more.
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Comment by Rich Lemmon | July 2, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
Get a new mike! Or learn how to use the one you’ve got. Popping is one of the most irritating mistakes you can make while using a microphone and the easiest to correct.
Comment by Lawrence Standifer Stevens | July 3, 2008 @ 12:58 am
Superb!
Comment by Ruediger Fischer | July 3, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
Loved all of the details - very informative - layers and masks rule! But I guess you still have to match the other eye with this one……..
Comment by Pam Borrelli | July 5, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
did someone complain about the mic usage? Give me a break, this tutorial was fantastic. That idiot was looking for something to point out to look smart. Nice job, Chris … I have been trying to figure out a good catch-light solution for a while. When I pull old negatives shot by past photographers, I am often left with two GIANT catch lights (left by poor umbrella lighting) in each eye. I look forward to using this technique in the near future.
Comment by The Bear | July 5, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
wonderful techniques; enjoy your teaching and excellent skills; I am learning a lot from you. Keep up the good work and teach us more
Thanks Chris
Comment by Sami B. | July 5, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
well done thanks
Comment by bob | July 9, 2008 @ 12:46 am
LOVE it … great job … thanks for sharing, I’m looking forward to using this a lot!
Comment by Chris | July 12, 2008 @ 3:29 am
This is amazing
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I’ve seen a lot of tutorials and tricks to enhance the eye and this is one of the best and most practical methods I’ve come across. It can be used either dramatically or more subtly.
Your versatility speaks a great deal of your craftsmanship.
Comment by theartist | July 14, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
thanks chris for this wonderful video i’ve got the problem actually, after selecting eye through quick mask ,instead of changing eye color whole picture’s color changing, can you give me an advice on that please
Comment by Veracious | July 18, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Thank you for all the tips! I learned so many new things from this tutorial. Love the color dodge and burn curves layers idea!
Comment by puzzled | July 19, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
Very nice. Thx and greetings from germany.
Comment by Marcel R. | July 22, 2008 @ 8:11 am
Thank you very much for this technique. Only few people share their skills. So nice of you. Thank you once again.
Comment by KiranChandra | July 28, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
Very well done Chris! I have been through numerous tutorials on eyes, but none quite as comprehensive as yours, nor with as much attention to detail as yours.
I only have a couple of questions:
Once you have removed the catch light, do you bring back your own for believability?
I also can not remember the step for toggling back and forth from the “Zoomed” view and the “Full” view in CS2, but that would be very helpful. Thanks Again!
Comment by Mark | July 30, 2008 @ 9:48 am
Thank your for the ‘eyes’!
Kerri
http://www.AcclaimedPhoto.com
Comment by Kerri Kirshner | August 9, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
amazing job! i learned so much
Comment by sheerry | August 17, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
When i am changing the colour balance of the eye, and use the selection of the iris and use the brush and the Q button to make the selection, when i make the colour change its changing to whole photo colours not the selection why is this?
Comment by Naomi | August 18, 2008 @ 9:18 pm
thank you …great job…go head
Comment by maher | August 29, 2008 @ 5:23 am
excellent, thank you very much,best tutorial on the subjet so far. I have learn a lot.
Comment by Christiane Berthiaume | September 13, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
Great tutorial so many helpful, Please teach us more.
Comment by Geo | September 20, 2008 @ 8:47 am
The tutorial is great, I use the GIMP though, but it also works for it as well.
Thanks for sharing
Comment by LigthingFreaky | September 25, 2008 @ 4:01 am
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