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

[maple70586799]

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?

[Chuck Uebele]

If you want to actually change the color, you need to use another tool, like selecting the area and using curves to adjust the color.

[maple70586799]

Hi Chuck,

I just installed this software, and I really don’t know what I’m doing. Please tell me more about getting curves to adjust the color.

Thank you!

Rosalie

[davescm]

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

[maple70586799]

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]

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:

or at the other extreme 🙂

Hopefully that will help you

Dave

[maple70586799]

Hi Dave,

Thank you!

I am going to try.

Rosalie

[maple70586799]

Hi Dave,

I’m sorry to keep coming back to you.

I was able to do the change in color to the eye.

But now I want to add a glint to the eye and I don’t know what steps I need to do to get there. Everything I try just keeps blinking at me and nothing changes.

Thank you,

Rosalie

[davescm]

Hi Rosalie

No problem in asking questions. That is what the forum is all about.

To create a glint I would use a white brush and paint a highlight in the eye. However as with any painting - do it on a new layer that way you don't permanently alter the image pixels,

So  - starting here with a very flat looking eye

1. Got to Select and click on Deselect to ensure you don't have any selections still in place from previous steps

2. Click on the uppermost layer in the layers panel so that it is highlighted (mine is set up to highlight in blue - yours may be gray)

3. At the bottom of the layers panel click the symbol below to add a new layer

4. It is always a good idea to label your layers so - again in the layers panel click on the layer name and give it a name that makes sense e.g. eyes highlight

5. Now with that layer highlighted go to the brush tool, in the tool bar, and click on it

6. Click on the foreground color square at the bottom of the toolbar and when the color picker opens - set it to white

7. Now go to the options bar and click on the down arrow to open the brush size menu

Set the brush size to a fairly small size (I've used 10, and hardness to 0%)

8. Now go to you image and paint in a highlight

9. If you wish to - you can go to the options bar and reduce the opacity of the brush and paint in a second highlight - this one a bit dimmer

If you make a mistake just use the eraser tool to rub it out.

Hope that helps

Dave

[maple70586799]

Thank you so much, Dave. I’m getting closer and closer to what I want, thanks to you!

Have a wonderful holiday season.

Rosalie

[davescm]

You're welcome .

Have a great Christmas

Dave