The eyes are the windows into the soul, and it has been said. If the eyes aren’t prominent enough (for whatever reason), it can be a sign of a lack of vision. . . There are many. When the window blinds are closed, the eyes may look dead. It is possible to revive your eyes by cleaning out the eye whites.
Zoom in on the photo to see both eyes.
To change the background color to white, click the cursor in the upper left corner of the Color Picker screen.
Select the Brush Tool B and adjust the Size of Brush [or] (left bracket keys decrease the brush size, right bracket keys increase the brush size). The brush should be smaller than the whites of your eyes.
Click and drag the cursor over each of the white areas of each eye using the Brush Tool. Moving slightly beyond the line of each sight and the iris is okay.
If your eye whites still seem dull, you have two options: either increase the Opacity and start over or drag the cursor across each area using the Brush settings (which we did in this case). The total Opacity was 40 percent because we went through each site twice at 20%.
Select the History Brush Tools Y to reduce the Brush Size, which is generally one-third smaller than the white triangles around the eyes.
The History Brush Tool’s Hardness ranges from 0 to 15%. The Opacity setting is around 30%.
Click, click, and click around the outer edges you have just whitened. This would be along the eyelash/eyelid lines and the iris at the center of your eye. Click many times until the shadow is gone around the area where the eye whites meet with the upper eyelids.
Zoom in to see more of the face. Next, click at the top of the History Window to view the image as it appeared when you opened it. Click again at the last bar of the History Window and go back and forth several times (so that you can see “Before” & “After”).
Remember: Do not take any action that could alter the History Window before the last bar is highlighted. Otherwise, everything that you did on the History Panel will be erased!
Are the eyes natural looking? If your eyes look great, but there are still distractions such as blood vessels, uneven coloration, reflections of light, or blood vessels (which usually happen at the inner corners of the eye), then you can go to Step 5.
Select the Clone Tool S to remove distractions. The Size can be adjusted to fit the location of your eye. Set the Opacity to 30% and the Hardness to 0-20%.
The Clone Tool can be used to remove distractions. However, it is vital to only partially eliminate shadows caused by eyelids. The little cloud helps keep the eyes natural. You can also add more shadow using the Burn Tool O. The Exposure is set at approximately 15%, and the Hardness at 0%.
You can use the History Panel again to verify the appearance of the “Before and After” images, just as you did in Step 4.