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Assignment #4 Eye Colour & Features

Part A - Eye Colour

Turn this:

Into this

Step 1
First of all, open up the image below (click and download the picture).

Step 2
Now we want to make a selection of the eye itself. To do this we will just use the elliptical Marquee tool(M). When the tool is selected, drag an ellipse around the iris, like so:

Step 3
We need to be careful with the selection of the eye, because in its current state, when we want to colourize, the eye-lid will also be coloured. Therefore we need to de-select the area where the eyelid and hair has been selected. To do this we will simple use the polygonal lasso tool(L), or regular lasso tool (LWhile holding the ALT button on your keyboard, left click around the area of the eye-lid and make the following selection:

Step 4
Now onto the fun part, deciding what colour you would like to make your eye! On the bottom of your layers pallet, clck on the "create new fill or adjustment layer", and click on "color balance". A keyboard shortcut for this is command + B.
A dialog box will appear showing attributes for Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow. Play around with these settings to get the desired colour for your new eye! If you realize you make mistakes in selecting the shape of the eye, don't worry, remember that because it is working off of a layer mask you can simply just go to you mask layer and either paint in black where you want the original picture to come back, or white where you want the adjustment layer to show up. When you're done with the one eye, simply repeat the process for the 2nd eye. Notice however you now have 2 adjustment layers. Shift-click on both the layers (so both are selected) and right-click and select merge layers to make a single layer.

For example:

Part B - Eyelashes (this works for thickening and adding highlights to hair too!)

Transform this photo:

Into this one

We will have to different layers for upper and lower eyelash because they are dissimilar and we are going to use two different methods for each of them. So make 2 new layers (command + Shift + N) and name them "upperlashes" and "lowerlashes". You can colour code them if you want by control + clicking on the layer, and going into layer properties and dropping the menu down and choose a colour of your choice (it makes it faster when editing many layers to be able to go to colour groupings) Go and pick Pen Tool (P on the keyboard).

Use settings as in the picture below.

Now zoom in on the upper eyelash and start drawing with pen tool. Our goal is to make our path as more similar to actual shape of eyelash as possible (don't be afraid, little practice and you'll see that this is not so hard at all). I always make 3 point when working on upper eyelash, because it is easier to adjust curves that way.

You make eyelashes mainly on places where actual eyelashes are thiner or where empty spaces between them exist. One more thing to remember and that is that eyelashes are not all the same thickness and color so be sure to change colors and brush size, but you'll see in next steps how I did that.

To do so, you click once to 'anchor your point' (A), then click and hold at location (B) and drag to the right a short distance WITHOUT LETTING GO (this creates Bezier handles which you can then shape the curve). Finally click again at position (C) and drag upwards a short bit to form the final bit of curve. If you need to edit your curve you may do so at any point by reading further information about the Pen tool here.

Click on Brush Tool and select size of brush (by hitting [ and ] you can decrease and increase the size of the brush - try a brush size of 1 pixel) and color (#171815). MAKING SURE YOU'RE ON THE UPPER LASHES LAYER - go to the Path palette (down near your layers panel), and in the top-right the panel, by the X, is a drop-down menu.

Then go to Stroke path and select Brush tool and check Simulate pressure. Click OK. Notice in your layers panel your layer now has a stroked path? Go back to the Path area, and delete the path, you won't need it anymore. Repeat these steps (creation of a lash-path with the pen tool, stroke it and delete the path) and don't forget to change brush size (little steps) and color of brush each time a little bit.

Repeat these steps over and over again until you're happy with the overall result (we're not done yet - don't expect it to be realistic yet!!!!)

Step 3
For now we have finished with upper eyelash and now is the time to go to lower eyelash. Make new layer and call it "lower". We will do almost the same procedure as on the upper eyelash. Only difference is the path shape. In previous step I used a 3 point path style but in this step I'll be using only 2 points to make an eyelash path.

HINT: You don't have to draw path for every eyelash. Use Direct Selection Tool (A), select any point on the path and then just drag that point where you want new eyelash! Now, stroke as many eyelashes as you want.

Step 4
Because we stroke every eyelash with Brush tool we want to smooth a little bit edges of drawn eyelashes. So, click on lowerlashes layer and go to the top menu and filter>blur>Gaussian Blur and set values as I did.

Clone-stamp/Heal-brush

I encourage you to look at the video below on how to use clone-stamp tool and heal brush.

Clone stamp

You are to open the following picture:

High quality image here

You are to do the following to this picture using the clone stamp and heal-brush:
- remove the fire hydrant
- remove the no-parking sign from the first lamp
- remove the 2 black placards framing the first door-frame

Additional, : try removing the car (required for a 4 plus mark)

All of the steps used in this Part are also used in retouching model shots - except that typically it's a heal-brush being used more than the clone-stamp.

Save your Photoshop file - and do an additional 'Save As' as a jpg for submission - -target the filesize as close to 450KB as you can.

Practical Assignment #5 - Fix'er-up

You are to enter the studio and have a subject light up for you (we'll talk about 3 point lighting a bit later in the course). You will then enter your camera into portrait mode (or, if you have the ability - aperture priority mode and set the F-stop at a low setting) and take somebody's close-up portrait. Remember, snap between 5-10 pictures of the individual to ensure you get a good picture. A tripod is a must for this assignment! Once captured, get a card reader from me and transfer the pictures to your computer. Pair up with somebody so that you can get their picture of you for editing.

You are to shoot a 5"x7" 200 dpi photo of yourself (or your subject) that you could use as a portfolio entry piece (for that reason it's best if it is you). You are to repeat the steps on yourself. If you're a male, don't worry about being vain, - believe it or not, even male models have their eyes adjusted and lashes thickened in retouching studios! - the only difference is the lashes are usually shorter.

You will then choose a font, and include your name on the piece directly. Placement of the font, layer-effects added to the font, or image, and all other aspects of the design are up to you (for example, you could present the piece much like the previous tutorial with the gear and the handshake). I want a submission of your PSD and a 400kB JPG for this assignment please.