Shadowy Sultry Eyes

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Photoshop Tutorial: Shadowy, Sultry Eyes By Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com

When it comes to grabbing our attention, nothing seems to have the power to captivate us more than a person’s eyes,

and in this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to learn a fashion retouching technique to see how easy it is to give someone’s

eyes a shadowy, sultry look to them. We’re also going to be bringing out their colors, adding some highlights, and

generally making them look sharper. Keep in mind that this is an “icing on the cake” type of effect, to be done only after

an image has already been corrected for tone and color.

Here’s the image I’ll be using for this tutorial: And here’s our nal effect:

Let’s get started!

The original image. The nal result.

Use the keyboard shortcut to bring up Photoshop’s “New Layer” dialog box.

Photoshop’s Layers palette currently show ing just the Background layer.

Step 1: Create A New Layer And Name It “Shadows”With my image open in Photoshop, I currently have one layer, the Background

layer, containing my image:

I need to create a new blank layer which is going to hold the shadows, so I’m going to use the keyboard

shortcut Ctrl+Shift+N (Win) / Command+Shift+N (Mac) to bring up the New Layer dialog box:

I’m going to name my new layer “shadows”, as circled in red above, and then click OK. Photoshop adds my

new blank “shadows” layer above my Background layer (next page):

SHADOWY, SULTRY EYES






The Layers palette now showi ng the new “shadows” layer above the Background layer.

Select both eyes with the Lasso tool.

Change the blend mode of the “shadows” layer to “Multiply” and lower the opacit y to 40%.

Use a large soft-edged brush to paint wit h black along

the top of each eye to add a shadow.

Step 2: Select Both Eyes With The Lasso Tool

Step 3: Paint With Black Along The Top Edge Of Both Eyes

Step 4: Change The Blend Mode To “Multiply” And Lower The Opacity

Grab the Lasso tool from the Tools palette or press L on the keyboard

and then draw a selection around one of the eyes. When you’re done

hold down Shift to add to the initial selection and select the second eye

as well. Holding Shift tells Photoshop not to throw away the selection

around the rst eye when you begin selecting the second one:

We’re going to add shadows to the tops of the eyes. Make sure the

“shadow” layer is selected in the Layers palette, then grab the Brush

tool from the Tools palette or press B on the keyboard to select itUse a fairly large, soft-edged brush, somewhere around 40-50 pixels

depending on the size of your image, and paint along the top edge of

both eyes to add a shadow. Don’t worry about painting above the eye

by mistake because the black will only appear inside the selection we

created:

With the shadows painted, change the blend mode of the “shadows” layer from “Normal” to

Multiply and lower the opacity of the layer to around 40%:

We don’t need to have the eyes selected anymore, so press Ctrl+D (Win) / Command+D

(Mac) to deselect them.






Step 5: Select The Iris In Both Eyes

Step 6: Copy The Iris In Both Eyes To A New Layer

Grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool from the Tools palette and drag

out a selection around each iris, making sure again to hold down the

Shift key when you go to select the second one so you don’t lose you

selection around the rst one:

We need to copy the iris in both eyes to a new layer, so rst, let’s soften our selection a little bit by going up to the Selec

menu at the top of the screen and choosing Feather , which brings up the Feather dialog box. Enter a value of about 5

pixels and then press OK:

Next, click on the Background layer in the Layers palette to select it. Then use the keyboard

shortcut Ctrl+Alt+J (Win) / Command+Option+J (Mac) to copy the selection onto a new

layer above the Background layer. When the New Layer dialog box appears, rename thelayer “dodge”, since we’ll be using the Dodge tool on this layer in a moment. Your Layers

palette should now look similar to this:

You’ll probably end up selecting parts of the area above and below

the eyes as well as I have here, so switch back to the Lasso tool

hold down Alt (Win) / Option (Mac), which is the keyboard shortcu

for accessing the “Subtract From Selection” option, and drag around

each area above and below the eyes that you didn’t want to selectEach time you release the mouse button, that part of the selection wil

disappear. When you’re done, you’ll be left with just the area around

each iris selected:

Select each iris with the Elliptic al Marquee tool.

Subtract the excess area from the select ion with the Lasso tool.

The Layers palette now showing the “dodge” layer between the Background and “shadow” layers.

Feather the selection to soften the edges.






Step 7: Apply The Unsharp Mask Filter To The Dodge Layer

Step 8: Lower The Opacity Of The “Dodge” Layer To 50%

Step 9: Add A Highlight In The Lower Right Of Each Iris With The Dodge Tool

Before we use the Dodge tool, we’re going to apply the Unsharp Mask lter. With

the “dodge” layer selected, go up to the Filter menu at the top of the screen, selec

Sharpen, and then select Unsharp Mask. When the Unsharp Mask dialog box

appears, enter an Amount of 500%, a Radius value of 2 pixels, and a Threshold

value of 4 levels:

The sharpening is too strong at this point, so lower the opacity of the “dodge” layer to 50%:

Now we’re going to use the Dodge tool, and we’re going to use it to add a highlight to the lower right of each iris. Grab the

Dodge tool from the Tools palette or press O on the keyboard to quickly select it. With the Dodge tool selected, look up in

the Options Bar at the top of the screen and make sure that Range is set to Highlights and Exposure is set to 50%:

Here’s our image after applying the Unsharp Mask lter and lowering the opacity to 50%:

Applying the “Unsharp Mask” lter.

The image so far.

The options for the Dodge tool in the Options Bar.

Lower the opacity to reduce the sharpening amount.






Then, with a smaller soft-edged brush of around 10 pixels (again it wil

depend on the size of your image), paint a few strokes over the area

in the bottom right of each iris. Each stroke you paint will increase the

amount of lightening in that area, and it’s easy to overdo it with the

Dodge tool, so be careful not to go too far, especially if there already

is a bit of a highlight in the image:

Add or lighten existing highlights in the bottom

right of each iris with the Dodge tool.

Step 10: Add A New Blank Layer Above The “Dodge” Layer

Step 11: Add A Highlight Along The Left Side Of Each Iris

Step 12: Change The Blend Mode Of The “Left Highlight” Layer to“Overlay”

Make sure the “dodge” layer is selected in the Layers palette, hold down Alt (Win) / Option

(Mac) and click on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. When the New

Layer dialog box appears, name the new layer “left highlight”, since we’ll be using it to add a

highlight to the left of each iris, and then click OK:

We’re going to add a highlight to the left side of each iris this time

First, make sure the “left highlight” layer is selected in the Layers

palette. Then set white as your foreground color if it isn’t already by

rst pressing D and then pressing X. Then once again using a soft-

edged brush at a size roughly the same as what you used a momen

ago for the Dodge tool, paint a white highlight on the left side of each

iris. It will look completely fake at rst:

With the “left highlight” layer selected, go up to the blend mode option in the top left of the

Layers palette and change the blend mode from “Normal” to Overlay:

Doesn’t exactly look realistic just yet, but we’ll x that in the next step.

Lower the opacity to reduce the sharpening amount.

Change the blend mode for the “left highlight ” layer to “Overlay”.

Paint with white on the left side of each iris t o add a

highlight. We’ll x the look of it in the next step.






Now things are looking better:

The image with both highlights added in the eyes.

Sample a color from around the eyes that’s slightly darker than the skin tone.

Paint with your sampled color around and above the eyes.

Step 13: Add A New Blank Layer Above The “Left Highlight” Layer

Step 14: Sample A Darker Color From Around The Eyes

Step 15: Paint With The Sampled Color Around And Above The Eyes To Add Makeup

We’re going to add one more new blank layer, this time above the “left highlight” layer. So withthe “left highlight” layer selected, let’s use the keyboard shortcut this time, Ctrl+Shift+N (Win)

/ Command+Shift+N (Mac) to bring up the New Layer dialog box, and this time, name the

new layer “makeup”. Click OK to add the new layer:

Grab the Eyedropper tool from the Tools palette or press I to quickly select it, then click

on an area in the shadows around the eyes that is darker than the person’s natural skin

tone. Don’t select anything black, we just want a darker color. We’re going to use this

color for some makeup:

Switch back to the Brush tool and paint areas around and above the eyes with the color your sampled to add some

makeup. It won’t look very good just yet but that’s okay:

And there we go, we’re done!

Just kidding.

Add a nal new blank layer and name it “makeup”.






Step 16: Apply The Gaussian Blur Filter To The “Makeup” Layer

Step 17: Change The Blend Mode Of The “Makeup” Layer To “Soft Light”

Step 18: Clean Up Any Problems With The Makeup

Let’s smooth out the makeup rst, and we’ll do that with the Gaussian Blur lter. Go

back up to the Filter menu, select Blur and then select Gaussian Blur . When the

Gaussian Blur dialog box pops up, set the Radius value at the bottom to around 10

pixels, and then click OK:

Let’s get that makeup looking a whole lot better by changing the blend mode. With the “makeup” layer selected, go

back up to the blend mode options in the top left of the Layers palette and change its blend mode from “Normal” to SoftLight:

All that’s left to do at this point is clean up any rough spots with the makeup. To do that, grab the Eraser tool from the

Tools palette or by pressing E on your keyboard, and with the “makeup” layer selected and the Eraser tool set to a soft

edged brush, simply go around and erase any unwanted areas:

Use the Gaussian Blur lter to smooth out the makeup.

Change the blend mode of the “makeup” layer to “Soft Light”.

Use the Eraser tool to clean up any unwanted areas in the makeup.






Once you’ve cleaned up the makeup, you’re done!

Here, for the sake of comparison, is the

image we started with:

And here is our nal “fashion retouched”

result:

The original image. The nal result.

And there we have it!

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