CHANGE EYE COLOR

Using the Red Eye tool works well to eliminate thered-eye effect. However, it leaves the eyes a blackorgray color. You can improve many photos bysimply adding back a little color or colorizing the irisof the eyes.When you colorize the eyes, you are looking for anatural eye color. If you have another photo of thesame person, you can sample the eye color from thefirst photo and paint it into the one with gray eyes.You can also select any color as the foreground color and paint in the irises. Colorizing the eyes naturallydepends on specific brush options you set in theOptions bar.You can also use the same technique to apply onepersons eye color to another subjects eyes. Agenciesoften request a specific eye color for a model tobetter blend into the color scheme of an advertisingpiece. You can save time by using Photoshop tochange the eye color in the original photo and avoidfinding and photographing a different model.

1 Click and drag the Backgroundlayer over the New Layer icon toduplicate the layer as a safetystep.
2 Click the Zoom tool and zoominto enlarge the eyes.
3 Click the Eyedropper tool.
4 Click here and select 3 by 3Average.
5 Click in the iris to set a referencecolor as the foreground color.
6 Click the Brush tool.

7 Click here to open the BrushPicker.
8 Drag the Master Diameter sliderto set a brush size just smallerthan one-half the iris.
9 Click and drag the Hardnessslider to 50 percent.
10 Click the Airbrush button toenable it.
11 Click the Foreground Color boxin the toolbox.

12 Click and drag the Hueslider to another color.
13 Click OK to close theColor Picker.


14 Click here to add a new empty layer.
15 Click here and select Color for the layerblend mode.
16 Click and drag over both irises to paint inthe new color.
17 Click the Eraser tool and erase if you paintover other areas.
18 Click here and drag the slider to the leftuntil the eye color appears natural.The eyes now appear the new color.