Changing Eye Color

J. Glick submits this question to the Emergency room of Photoshop 911:
"Dear PS 911,
How is the best way to change the color of a person's eyes?"

Changing Eye Color...

This one is pretty simple, and there are several different methods you can use.
1) Replace Color
2) Hue/Saturation - Colorize
... are my favorites...

REPLACING COLOR METHOD

This has been around since the dawn of Photoshop, I'm surprised more people don't use the Replace Color tools... they're very powerful and easy to use. They're also highly useful in a number of scenarios where you wish to change the color of an object.

This one is more accurate so I'll list it first. (Photoshop 7)
* Choose Image > Adjustments > Replace Color

This brings up the Replace Color Dialog with a neat little Mask thumbnail.
Select the color you want to replace in the image window
Click the "Selection" button to view the image, or click the "Image" button to see the entire image.

Use the Eyedropper with the Plus symbol to "ADD" color to your selection.
As you ad, notice the mask adds that color. Be careful not to add too much color.

When satisfied with the selection, adjust the hue, saturation and lightness sliders until done.

Don't forget you can also use the "Minus" Eyedropper to remove specific colors from the selection.

PHOTOSHOP CS

In Photoshop cs it's been made easier through the use of the replace color tool.
Peek under the Healing brush Tool (tap j) and you'll find it.

It's a good idea to zoom in closely on the subject.

Now, open a file with the desired eye color and hold the Option Key (Mac) Alt Key (PC) with the tool to "sample" the color.

Return to the eyes to be colorized and paint in the new color. (Keep an eye on the options bar for ways to fine-tune your tool!"

ADJUSTMENT LAYER > HUE / SATURATION

This is the easiest but not quite as accurate.

Use the Lasso Tool to make a selection around the colored areas of the eye you want to change. (or any object for that matter -- also works well with Red Eye)

Choose Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation

Click the "Colorize" button on the palette
Slide the Hue, Saturation and Lightness sliders until satisfied.

That's it.

Have fun

Comments

[sali]

i don't know how to change my eyes color i want blue eyes :):):):)

[alley<3]

i need to kn ow how to change my eye color on photos!!! i want them to be blue/greene and the brownnn

[SARAAH!]

heey ,
i have bluey greeney eyes,
im trying to change my eye colour to a sorta bright blue colour ,
help me i dont know how to ,
can you please send me a link that does eye colouring
thanks
ASAP!
sarah

[Cassidy]

i want to change the color of my eyes for example my eyes are blue but i want to make them a more ocean color of blue how would i do that is there a website it needs to be free though please help me!

thank you

[mahogany]

my eyes are dark brown...in a picture i'd like to make it hazel. HOW DO I DO THAT?!

[jenna]

i want there to be like a website where you can put a picture up and you can change your eye color in the picture. But like just messing around with it. That would be really cool.

do you have something like that?
if not you should seriously make something.
because i wanna see what i look like with a different eye color

[jenna]

i want there to be like a website where you can put a picture up and you can change your eye color in the picture. But like just messing around with it. That would be really cool.

do you have something like that?
if not you should seriously make something.
because i wanna see what i look like with a different eye color

[Lisa]

This really helped thanks, i was able to change the colour of my eyes from dark brown to light blue easily with them still looking realistic (:

[Kaylah]

hi.. i have a picture in which i need to change the colour of the eyes ... i was not able to understand from the previous examples. please help... i have never used photoshop before, and in need of help.

[holly]

i wanna make my eye colour really blue or really green how do i do that??

[Aminah]

I have a pretty old photoshop, it's "Adobe Photoshop 3.0"
I want to make a layer mask, where you can bring an object out by making that in color and the rest in black and white. I know how to do it on other photoshops, but on this one I don't know how and I'm not sure if you even CAN...So if you could please tell me if it has a layer mask on 3.0 and if it does, please tell me how
Thanks :)

[sammie]

i have jasc pro shop 9 &
adobe photoshop album 2.0 starter edition

and i was want to change my eye colro from dark brown to a bright blue

i have no clue how to use either one of my photoeditors
i need help

do you think you could take me step by step
thanks
reply ASAP

[Prowebb.com]

You need to apply gaussian blur to the channel to achieve a realistic eye color change. Check this tutorial http://prowebb.com/mos/view/Tutorials/Photoshop_Tutorials/change_eyes_color_using_photoshop

[jay]

all i want u to do is change the eye color to royal blue

[Hina]

hi.. i have a picture in which i need to change the colour of the eyes ... i was not able to understand from the previous examples. please help...

[Jonathan Morrissey]

Thanks very much this information helped me a lot. That colour replace is really powerful and just what I was looking for.

Jonathan
A Photoshop Newbie
A Wireless Golfer

[Ryan]

i have a picture that their eyes are blue but i want to change them to purple is there a way i can do that so it looks real?

[shelly]

I have read through the information provided to change eye color and noticed this can be used for any object right? I have been looking for an easy and quick way to change objects to color and the rest of my photo to black and white. Will this concept work as well? How do I change the rest?

Example:
I have a photo with a girl sitting on a red tractor, I want it all black and white except for the red tractor. This is a senior picture and am needing help!!!
I was advised to use the laso tool is there an easier way?

REPLY FROM EDITOR:

Whatever you do, you'll need to select the object you want to isolate. This means a very careful, accurate selection (racing ants) all the way around the object. You can probably select large sections of it with the Magic Wand, then keep adding to the selection with the Lasso. This will speed things up. You can also enter QuickMask mode (Tap: Q) and use the brush tools to 'paint' into the mask. But the bottom line is a good accurate selection of the object.