Enhanced Eyes – Here's the image I'll be working with ( from Shutterstock): The original image. Here's what the eyes will look like when we're done: The final effect. Here's a close-up view just to see the effect more clearly: A close-up view of the effect. Let's get started! Step 1: Select The Elliptical Marquee Tool Let's start with the eye on the left of the photo. We'll go through the steps needed to create the effect in one eye, then it's simply a matter of repeating the same steps for the other eye. To begin, select Photoshop's from the Tools panel along the left of the screen. By default, it's hiding behind the . To access it, click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool's icon and hold your mouse button down for a second or two until a fly-out menu appears showing the other tools that are available in that same spot. Choose the Elliptical Marquee Tool from the list: Selecting the Elliptical Marquee Tool. Step 2: Select The Iris We'll use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to draw a selection around the iris (the colored part of the eye). In my photo, the upper part of the woman's iris is covered by her eyelid, so to select it with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, we'll need to use a couple of different , as we'll see in a moment. First, I'll zoom in on the eye a little bit by pressing and holding Ctrl+spacebar (Win) / Command+spacebar (Mac) on my keyboard, which temporarily switches me to the , and clicking a few times on the eye. Once you've zoomed in, release the keys to automatically switch back to the previous tool (the Elliptical Marquee Tool, in this case): Zooming in closer to the eye. With the Elliptical Marquee Tool in hand, I'll drag out an elliptical selection outline around the iris, ignoring for the moment that the top of my selection is extending up into the eyelid. To reposition the selection outline as
Enhanced Eyes – Here's the image I'll be working with ( from Shutterstock): The original image. Here's what the eyes will look like when we're done: The final effect. Here's a close-up view just to see the effect more clearly: A close-up view of the effect. Let's get started! Step 1: Select The Elliptical Marquee Tool Let's start with the eye on the left of the photo. We'll go through the steps needed to create the effect in one eye, then it's simply a matter of repeating the same steps for the other eye. To begin, select Photoshop's from the Tools panel along the left of the screen. By default, it's hiding behind the . To access it, click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool's icon and hold your mouse button down for a second or two until a fly-out menu appears showing the other tools that are available in that same spot. Choose the Elliptical Marquee Tool from the list: Selecting the Elliptical Marquee Tool. Step 2: Select The Iris We'll use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to draw a selection around the iris (the colored part of the eye). In my photo, the upper part of the woman's iris is covered by her eyelid, so to select it with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, we'll need to use a couple of different , as we'll see in a moment. First, I'll zoom in on the eye a little bit by pressing and holding Ctrl+spacebar (Win) / Command+spacebar (Mac) on my keyboard, which temporarily switches me to the , and clicking a few times on the eye. Once you've zoomed in, release the keys to automatically switch back to the previous tool (the Elliptical Marquee Tool, in this case): Zooming in closer to the eye. With the Elliptical Marquee Tool in hand, I'll drag out an elliptical selection outline around the iris, ignoring for the moment that the top of my selection is extending up into the eyelid. To reposition the selection outline as
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