The only difference in the photos is that the lower one has had the eyes brightened using the Dodge tool. Look at the graphic above and see how it appears that the entire face has been brightened. I set the brush to be within the upper and lower eye-lids then click first on the iris of the eye to give them a little pop, then on the white to one side and then the other.Įven a little eye brightening can have a large impact on the overall face of the subject.
I find that a subtle brightening works best and keeps the eyes looking natural. It is very easy to overbrighten the eyes, which is why I set the Exposure low to 10% and click as needed. Setting the Range to highlights means only white areas are mostly affected by the Dodge tool, perfect for the whites of eyes. I use a much simpler process to whiten eyes that is as easy to do as any other Photoshop edit. You may not have 15 minutes just to brighten eyes in a portrait, or the 30 minutes to follow a complicated tutorial for how to do it. The key to getting proficient at Photoshop is learning the "quick & dirty" ways of doing the same complicated edit.
Guess that's where my shadows come from, argh.With Photoshop, there is always a very complicated way to do a particular digital photo edit. I have two lights illuminating the subject, nothing for teh backdrop, no. I also decided to (for this time) just go with the unsatisfying backdrop color and make the best of it - if mom-in-law doesn't get the white one done soon I'll just go buy one.īigMike. in teh final versions of the pictures I got rid off the blur again it's just too tacky and looks stupid. I had tried several different ways lightening up the background and finally agve up and worked on the blur and all that and then decided to ask on here anyways.īy the way. I'm perfectly aware of teh fact that major alterations like brightness etc. Then in the window that opens, navigate your way to your chosen image, select it and open it in Photoshop. Simply open Photoshop then click on File in the top left corner of the screen and on the drop down click on Open. Ok, so this is a nice and obvious first step. The picture I posted above is not intended to be manipulated, it's simply there to give you guys an idea as to what I'm talking about when I say 'not really opaque beige backdrop'. Step 1: Open your black and white photo or image in Photoshop.
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