How to bring out whites of the eyes

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Yaroslav_Bulatov
Jul 22, 2008
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I have a photo in which I’d like to add contrast to the whites of the eyes for effect, what is the best technique for doing this? Here’s what I mean
<http://yaroslavvb.com/upload/DSC_5905-Edit-Edit.jpg>
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Allen_Wicks
Jul 22, 2008
I like to make a duplicate layer set to screen mode (or to multiply to darken) then erase all of the dupe layer except the whites. Vary the opacity as needed or repeat the process for more lightening.

This is your image with one layer of screen mode applied to the eye whites, 100% opacity: <ahref=" http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1yuoyfqGTr16V4y71Y yQJ3pccFWaJA"/>
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Bernie
Jul 22, 2008
Or, create an adjustment layer, such as levels, in screen mode. Click OK.
Invert the mask.
Paint in the desired areas with a white brush.
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ps1
Jul 22, 2008
Another:

Select the whites with the marquee tool, feather by one or two pixels, go to Hue Saturation and adjust the sliders. Usually starting with saturation reduction then light/dark sliders (usually lighter), sometimes followed by hue adjustment to taste.

YMMV.
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Donald_Reese
Jul 22, 2008
Looks to me like you are bringing the cyans out of their eyes and not the whites. do you really want the blue cast?
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Welles_Goodrich
Jul 22, 2008
I wondered about that too, Donald. Here’s a two minute adjustment with a plugin (PictoColor’s EditLab Pro).

<http://homepage.mac.com/wellesgoodrich/Test1.jpg>
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Yaroslav_Bulatov
Jul 22, 2008
Thanks for the hints, I eventually did it by creating levels and saturation adjustment layers, and painting on the mask, <http://yaroslavvb.com/temp/v2.jpg>
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J_Maloney
Jul 23, 2008
< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ZNnkloTobYuchUJOd 5NYxKPkyrrgV0>
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Ram
Jul 23, 2008
J Maloney is on the right track, Yaroslav. The poor guy in your version looks like he just woke up in the morgue. :/ That’s one nasty cyan cast you have there.
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Yaroslav_Bulatov
Jul 23, 2008
J Malooney, that’s quite a dramatic change, can you tell me which tool you used for this?
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John Joslin
Jul 23, 2008
You’re a crazy man Malooney!
JM
J_Maloney
Jul 23, 2008
PhotosHoppin’ mad!
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J_Maloney
Jul 23, 2008
Yar:

Mine was not a 2 minute change. I don’t have the layer file in front of me (but will send it to you, hit me at photoshop.forums —-at — gmail dot com). Basically I neutralized the blacks and whites to kill most of the cast. Then I worked on the midtones a little, but kept them pretty blue for what I thought was that up-all-night feel. But there are probably 20 layers or more of edits.

J

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