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- Make a copy of your background layer by hitting Ctrl+J.
- On that background copy layer, use the Smart Brush tool. In the Options Bar for the tool, select the "Reverse Effects" effect, then its "Reverse Black & White" option:
- Paint the eyes to get this:
At this point your layers look like this:
- Ctrl+click on the mask icon of your reverse colour layer to select all the white area.
- On the main menu bar, use Select...Inverse to invert the selection (so only the eyes are now selected).
- In the Layers panel click the icon at the bottom to add a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. This layer will be automatically masked to the selection of the eyes.
- Adjust the saturation and lightness sliders:
Your final image:
Your layers end up like this:
Ken
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Lots of ways to do this. Your PSE version has the Smart Brush which will do the trick. Hopefully some other reader of this forum can help you there since my version does not have the Smart Brush.
Here is how I did it, and so can your version.
1. Duplicate the Background layer and remove the color: Enhance > Adjust Color > Remove Color.
2. Add a Layer Mask to the duplicate Layer.
3. Click on the mask in the Layers Pallete, and with the Brush tool paint black on the eyes to reveal the original color.
4. Add a blank layer and set its Blend Mode to "Color". Paint the eyes with blue. If the result is too bright or dark, lower the Opacity of the layer as I did.
5. If you paint too far into the pupil or outside the eye, use the Eraser to remove the excess.
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- Open your picture file
- Access the smart brush tool, the one with the gears. In the drop-down, select Black & White - use high contrast which is in the panel, and be sure to check "Inverse" at the top. Paint both eyes. You should have 2 layers
- Go to Layers>merge down. You should have 1 layer
- Access the smart brush tool again. In the drop-down , select color, and use the nice blue in the panel.
- Paint both eyes
- You can click on "refine edge" at the top on the tool's option bar if necessary
- To get rid of the "marching ants" go to Select>deselect
TIP: You can make the brush cursor larger with the right bracket key ], smaller with the left bracket key [, next to the letter p on the keyboard
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I managed to do this by doing the following:
Smarthbrush, Choose B&W style from Options bar & turn on inverse checkbox
Drag over what I needed to keep in color.
I however struggled with the above instructions as I don't know how to:
Duplicate the backgound (Ctrl+J didn't do anything)
Add layer mask
Click on mask in layer pallete
Add blank layer
Merge
Mask icon
I cannot understand how this product does not come with a bloody manual inside the box to at least educate you to uderstand the user interface and to find the things you guys were talking about. I'm afraid this will be my first and last PS product I shall ever buy. For Pete's sake, when you buy a dvd player from China at least you get a manual that explains the interface. It seems Adobe is more than happy to take your money and then have you struggle forth wasting time on the internet. It's not like the internet is cheap here in South Africa. Viewing tutorial material in video format chows data which in turn costs money. I'm so frustrated right now
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AlwynjSmit wrote:
Viewing tutorial material in video format chows data which in turn costs money. I'm so frustrated right now
There are always going to be some effects that require a good working knowlege of the program. I can appreciate that, at first, the learning curve can be steep if you've never used an image editing program. The good news is that it becomes easier the more you use it and practice.
Reading the Help files is what I did to learn PSE.
When the Help is open, there's an icon in the upper right corner for "View as PDF", then you can save that PDF to your computer for reading and searching. (Do that for both the Editor and the Organizer, since the help files are separate.)
I also found the Adobe TV tutorials very helpful:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop-elements/
You'll want to view the tutorials for PSE8, PSE9, and PSE10 because some of the tools were unchanged and new videos weren't created for the newer versions. When you watch the videos, look to the right of the video viewer -- some of the tutorials have sample files for download so you can practice on the same photos used in the tutorial.
What I've found is that these are the 3 most important things to get comfortable with in PSE:
- Making selections.
- Using Layers.
- Using Masks.
If you have questions, you know where to find us....
Ken
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