Green eyes

I have a friend who has green eyes but in any photo's I take they show up as
grey, can anyone tell me (a newbie) how to add a little green to them or
direct me to a tutorial that might illustrate how to do this.

Thanks, Dan.

 

add a layer, paint over them green on the new layer, try different blend
modes?

 

First off, make sure you're woring in the Adobe RBG 1998 color space, or
some such space that has a good color gamut. The native space for digital
camera's is sRGB which tends to be washed out.

Otherwise, use your fav selection method on the irises and use Selective
Color or Hue/Saturation to bring up the elusive green values you're looking
for. Also, in the Hue/Sat. window, try checking the Colorize box and use the
sliders to get to the Green you're after. Dial it back a bit afterwards to
avoid the alien-like results you'll bound to get.

Hope that helps, I did a similar bit on some CD cover comps, see the print
section of my website- www.RFDco.com

Rob

 

Hey Rob - nice work!

I'm sure you must appreciate all the business that acne has provided you!

hehe

Yitz

 

Some superb work on your site... suddenly my retouching efforts seem a bit
amateur. Oh well!

 

Try this: select the irises and use Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation to bump up
the saturation. With luck you'll be able to bring out the actual color
rather than having to re-create it.

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