Brighten Eyes with Levels
Here’s a quick retouching technique for brightening eyes in taken-outdoors portraits.
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Related Tags: Portrait Retouching, retouching eyes
Phillis
April 19, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Thank you for this simple fix! Can’t wait for the raccoons to turn up now!
Jerry
April 21, 2010 at 1:35 pm
General comment is all the video’s are really great. I have learned elements mostly by watching all the videos.
One thing! can a video be done about using a hue.saturation adjustment layer in Elements 8 for Mac.
I got used to using the eye dropper to sample a certain color in Ele Ver 6. The cursor doesn’t change to the eye dropper for sampling in Ver 8. It might be a setup issue but I can not find it.
Thanks
keep the videos coming they are the main reason I keep coming back to this site.
Jerry
Sarah
April 21, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Good easy fix. Thanks!
Alfred
April 25, 2010 at 3:49 pm
unable to access this video, I get a reminder to update to Quicktime, but when I try, it freezes the screen, what am I doing wrong ? Is this because it is the first time I have used the new format …I DID like the old format, and had no trouble with accessing it over he years I have been a member..do i now need to know a new way of getting into the site ?
Kevin
April 27, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I tried to follow the instructions but the keyboard section did not do what the video calmed. Holding down the shift key or space bar only moved the whole photo, not the marque selection. I had trouble trying to enlarge the oval. The bracket keys did not enlarge the selection as they do with other tools. Once I got the eye’s selected using another tool, then the levels section, and the feather portion worked fine.
This video was made using PSE-6, and I am using PSE-8. Perhaps they could mention what keyboard keys to use for PSE-8.
This technique works great for people who are wearing Photo-gray eye glasses, which darken down in the sun light.
Kim
May 3, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Have had my PSe for a year now. I’ve kind of played around and learned on my own, but was ready for some specialized tips. Joined the site today and love the videos. I will be glued like a kid with a new video game. Thanks!
Clarke
May 4, 2010 at 11:53 am
This is a VERY nice and useful technique. I could use it on 50% iof my pics
Amanda
May 12, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Awesome tutorial!! I’ve been wanting more portrait editing tutorials – thank you!
Judy
September 19, 2010 at 9:22 am
Simple but dramatically effective. That’s what beginners like me need. Thanks.
George
September 27, 2010 at 5:41 pm
For example, here is how I renamed this excellent video: 20100419_brighten_eyes LEVELS ADJ LAYER