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06/20/2006 12:18:59 PM · #1 |
I posted this pic yesterday and have started to receive some comments on it. One of them was to make the eyes "pop" a little more. Can someone explain how to do that in PhotoShop CS2, please? I tried messing with it a little bit before I posted it but just couldn't make it work right.
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06/20/2006 12:21:42 PM · #2 |
I think it looks just right as it is. The eyes are sharp and have a nice impact. I'm not a fan of those images with over-whitened whites and over-saturated pupils in the eyes... it just looks unnatural.
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06/20/2006 12:22:33 PM · #3 |
edit: never mind
Message edited by author 2006-06-20 12:33:57.
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06/20/2006 12:24:15 PM · #4 |
I agree with Idnic, I think it's good the way it is. The eyes are already the focus and that's what I was immediately drawn to. If you mess with them I think they will just looked messed with.
I love the picture btw :) |
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06/20/2006 12:26:11 PM · #5 |
| Yea, don't overdo it. I hate that overhazy glossy effect like you find on soap operas. The image looks great as it is!. |
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06/20/2006 12:31:14 PM · #6 |
| Thanks guys. I kind of felt that way too but I thought maybe I wasn't seeing something correctly. |
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06/20/2006 12:34:38 PM · #7 |
One way that works well is too duplicate the background twice. Change one layer to screen and one to multiply. Add a hide all mask. Paint with a white soft brush at about 10% opacity and airbrush around the whites of the eyes on the screen layer. Do the same on the muliply layer around the edges of the iris and the pupil.
But still, as everyone else noted, the image look great as is.
Message edited by author 2006-06-20 12:35:27. |
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06/20/2006 12:35:55 PM · #8 |
| I think I might see what the people are talking about. You are drawn to the eyes cause they are the center forcus but once you are drawn to them you see them and feel like they need just a little more something. I would just use a magnetic lasso and select them and use a unsharpen mask to sharpen them just a little then I would go in and maybe select the whites and bring the sat. down just a smig. I love the photo it is awesome very well composed! |
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06/20/2006 12:36:41 PM · #9 |
An alternate method would be to create a new layer via copy, lasso the eyes generously, then image, adjust, contrast/brightness, and adjust to suit, then using a soft-edge brush with the eraser tool, zoom in and erase what you didn't want change around the outside of the eye, then edit, fade, and fine-tune the effect. Using the sharpen tool manually over the eyes works too, with about 15% strength, and work slowly, but has a different effect that the contrast/brightness adjustment mentioned.
Here is that done, along with some selective desaturation in the whites of her eyes:
Message edited by author 2006-06-20 13:02:06. |
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06/20/2006 12:41:13 PM · #10 |
I made a new layer and painted white over the eyes, turned the layer into colorlayer and adjusted opacity
made another layer and painted brown over the eyes and turned into colorlayer, adjusted saturation and lightness to bring out the color more,
made a curves layer with the eyes selected to bring out the highlights.
no sharpen done to keep the softness.
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06/20/2006 02:04:16 PM · #11 |
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06/20/2006 02:10:12 PM · #12 |
Go Brad - that looks terrific !!!!
Why does a mechanic know his way around photoshop so well? I'm jealous :-( |
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