How to change color from black to brown of pet eye using the red eye tool

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December 5, 2016
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This software only changes the pet eye to black when using the pet red eye tool. How can that color be changed to brown when using the red eye tool for pets?

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davescm

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You can do this the old way

Make a selection round the pupil.

Add a Hue and saturation layer and at the top set it to the current colour (in this case Reds for red-eye but pets it may be Greens for green-eye).

Move the Hue Saturation and Lightness Sliders to change the red to whatever colour that you want

Dave

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maple70586799Author

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Hi Dave,

Thank you for your help, but I am an amateur at this.

Could you tell me more about how to add a hue and saturation layer?

When I do the simple red eye procedure for pets, the entire eye changes to black which looks so unnatural. I just want to change it from all black to dark brown and add a glint to make the eye look alive.

I need step-by-step instruction if you have time, as all this is confusing to me. Any help you can provide I would so appreciate.

Thank you so much!

Rosalie

davescm

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Hi Rosalie

The screenshots below apply to Photoshop CC2017 but other versions will be similar. However this is for Photoshop - not Elements which may be different

Everything you need will be in the "Essentials" workspace which is the default if you have not changed it.

1. Open your photo in Photoshop

2. Select the circular marquee tool and click and drag an ellipse/circle round the pupil of one of the eyes

The dotted lines (known as marching ants) show the area you have selected

Do the same on the other eye - but hold down the Shift key whilst doing so. That way you will get an additional selection on the second eye rather than losing the first.

3. Go to your panels and click where it says "Adjustments"

4. This will open the adjustments panel and you need to click on the symbol below to add an Hue/Saturation adjustment layer

5. If you look in the layers panel you will see an adjustment layer has been added (the black next to it is a mask and will ensure that your adjustments will only be applied to the area you selected in step 2

6. Go to the properties panel and you will see the controls for that adjustment layer

7. Where it says "Master" click and from the menu change that to Reds (or Greens if you are getting rid of Green eye in pets)

Now slide the control sliders.

Hue will change the colour, saturation will change how vivid that colour looks and Lightness does what it says.
Watch the eyes when you are doing this and you can change them to whatever you need

For example in my image: