Adding catch-lights (2 Viewers)

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briwig

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #1

Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Doncaster
Posts: 31 Adding catch-lights

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Evening all,although I try not to do to much editing in photoshop(a little curves,u.s.m. and the like ) I have been trying to add catch lights to the eyes of some fox pictures,it would be better if they were looking into the sun in the early morning but they have their back to it.Can any member tell me a simple way to do it that does'nt involve layers and anything else complicated ,(try as I might I just cannot get my head around making a new layer,duplicating a layer,and anything else involving dam layers !!!!) waiting in anticipation Brian P.S. I use C.S.2 Thanks

 

Ruby

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #2

Select a small brush size and then use the dodge tool repeatedly to burn out a suitable white dot - easy....


Good luck... Ray

 

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briwig

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• Jun 16, 2009

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Thanks for the info Ray,chose a small brush size,used the dodge tool repeatedly to burn out a small dot.........nothing happened. Whats wrong?????

 

Ruby

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #4

briwig said:

Thanks for the info Ray,chose a small brush size,used the dodge tool repeatedly to burn out a small dot.........nothing happened. Whats wrong?????

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Ermmm, dunno..... works for me....You could always try a larger brush size just so that you can see for sure whether it is having any effect....

 

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briwig

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #5

Whats your settings Ray e.g. exposure,etc ?

 

Boy George

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #6

Briwig,

This is what I do in Photoshop:-

1) Select the Clone Stamp Tool
2) Choose "Selected brush presets" which present themselves after (1)
3) I generally select a "Soft Round" brush
4) Magnify the eye you are going to add a catch-light to and then choose the
appropriate size of brush.
5) Alt & Click on an appropriate "light" area in the image suitable for your catch-light and
then Click on that part of the eye where you wish the selected highlight to be.

Hope this helps and do experiment with e.g. "Hard Round Brushes" and different tones of brightness. Don't forget to look critically at the end result when you have the whole image on screen - it should look "right", if not, use the Undo tool to go back to your start point.

Good luck.

Adrian

 

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briwig

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• Jun 16, 2009

• #7

Cheers Adrian,will try that later.

 

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briwig

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• Jun 17, 2009

• #8

While on the subject of eyes, is there anything else that can be done to make the eyes "come alive",and don't forget "keep it simple". Many thanks Brian.

 

NoSpringChicken

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• Jun 17, 2009

• #9

If you zoom right in on the eye you will sometimes find that there is a hint of a catchlight there already. By using the Dodge tool with a soft brush set to Midtones and a low Exposure value you can sometimes bring out what is there already.

Ron

 

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briwig

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• Jun 17, 2009

• #10

Many thanks Ray,Adrian and Ron,have been messing about with what you all said and I think I might be getting somewhere. Cheers Brian