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How do I whiten eyes?

How do I whiten eyes? - Lightroom Tutorial

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How do I whiten eyes?

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- Sometimes as you work with a portrait, you may feel that the eyes need a little bit of whitening. This allows you to bring out the areas surrounding the iris and the pupil just to make it pop a little bit more. The approach is going to be very similar to what we did with teeth. Take a photo and zoom in, so the eye fills most of the frame then choose your brush. Assign a color, so it's a little bit easier to see and take advantage of the auto mask option. Now, simply paint. And what we're looking to do there is select the white of the eye. By hold down the Space Bar, I can move over a little bit here and continue painting. Get a bigger brush as needed. And remember, as you're brushing a little bit of feather is a good idea. And let's do the other eye here, there we go. Usually, the adjustment amount should be equal between the two eyes, definitely left bracket for a smaller brush and paint in that tiny area, that's…

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