How to change eye color in Photoshop

By Elena Santos on 18 April, 2008

After changing hair color last week, I thought it was time for a more radical physical change: something you couldn't easily change in real life (unless you use colored contacts) and that really gave a new twist to anyone's appearance. In other words, I'm going to show you how to change eye color in Photoshop. Want to see how would you look like with Paul Newman's or Angelina Jolie's eyes? Follow this easy tutorial and see for yourself.

change eye color in Photoshop

1. The first step is obviously opening the image you want to work with.

change eye color in Photoshop

2. Now go into Quick Mask Mode by clicking on the marked button in the screenshot, grab the Paintbrush tool and start painting the areas you want to colorize (i.e., the eyes). Zoom in the picture to work more comfortably, and change the brush size to reach smaller dots.

change eye color in Photoshop

3. When you're finished coloring the eyes, switch back to Normal Mode and you'll see the whole photo is selected. Invert the selection in the Select > Inverse menu and then only the eye area that you painted will be selected.

change eye color in Photoshop

4. Now create a hue adjustment layer (either go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Hue/Saturation or click on the yingyang-style button in the Layers palette and select Hue/Saturation). Tick the "Colorize" option and start playing with sliders until you obtain the perfect eye color.

change eye color in Photoshop

You can try to make it look as real as possible, or forget about realism and select the weirdest color possible. Who hasn't dreamed of having purple eyes?

change eye color in Photoshop

Comments

  • Syahid A. Syahid A.

    Hah! Purple is a nice eye color!

    • Sent on 19 Apr 2008
  • Waqas Waqas

    Hi Dear.. I am having some problem. as soon as i invert the image to the get the selected area of image. after that if i go to layer menu to select adjustment layer, but there the adjustment layer is disabled. What i do? Please Help me regards Waqas

    • Sent on 17 Sep 2008
  • Elena Santos Elena Santos

    Hi Waqas, I'm not sure how I can help. I've followed my own tutorial and the adjustment layer menu is active. Just make sure you have the right layer selected (in case you have more than one) and that the selected layer is not blocked, though it should work anyway even if it's blocked. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Cheers, Elena

    • Sent on 17 Sep 2008
  • chub chub

    i hate u

    • Sent on 30 Dec 2008
  • Maylisa Maylisa

    I am so trying that. Let's see how I look with blue eyes...

    • Sent on 23 Jan 2009
  • Belaria Belaria

    wow, thanks this helped alot ^^. props up

    • Sent on 26 Mar 2009
  • kelly kelly

    Wow. I used to have purple eyes while i was a baby to bad they turned brown. And thanks to you i can now see how i would look like if i still had purple eyes

    • Sent on 12 Jun 2009
  • flo flo

    thats rele clever i love the purple x

    • Sent on 17 Aug 2009
  • hazel hazel

    thats hot ima do and yall goin see me wit some orange eyes but rite na my eyes are hazel becase im black and white lolz

    • Sent on 24 Aug 2009
  • nazanin-iran nazanin-iran

    WoW.very thanks alot.

    • Sent on 02 Sep 2009
  • quinn quinn

    i sooo want purple eyes :)

    • Sent on 29 Oct 2010
  • S.S. S.S.

    Nice!!! I so wish I had PURPLE eyes!!! ;D

    • Sent on 12 Dec 2011
  • XxPurpleloveXx XxPurpleloveX<br />x

    niiiiiiiiice!!! purplile is lyk da awsummest cula out dere!

    • Sent on 17 Dec 2011
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