Make the eyes in your pictures pop with editing techniques.
Red eye is a common problem that often appears in pictures taken with a point-and-shoot type of camera. The red eye results from taking pictures in a dark area with a bright flash reflecting off of the subject's retina. Not only are there techniques to correct the error, but there are also editing techniques that allow you to make the eyes in a picture stand out. You can easily change the color of eyes in a picture as well.
Instructions
1. Use red-eye features on your photo-editing program. Photoshop, for example, has an option to automatically adjust red eye as you upload pictures to the organizer. Check the option in the "Get Photos" dialog box to minimize the work you will need to do on the pictures later.
2. Open a picture in your editor, such as Photoshop, and select the red-eye removal tool. Select the darkening amount of your choice. Click on the red area of the eye, and the tool will automatically adjust the indicated space.
3. Create a new layer and select the iris of the eye in your picture editing program. With Photoshop, use the "Elliptical Marquee" tool to create a circle around the area of the iris.
4. Choose the "Gradient" tool in Photoshop and select colors for the foreground and background. For example, make the eye green with a foreground color of #0aa5ed and a background color of #42c502. Choose "Radial Gradient" and fill the selected area, and then set the layer mode to "overlay."
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