Heres the image Ill be using:

The original image.

Lets get started!

Step 1: Zoom In On The Eyes

Before we begin, lets make it easier to see what were doing by zooming in on the eyes in the hoto. !ele"t theZoom Tool from the Tools alette, or ress the letter Z on your keyboard to sele"t it with the short"ut:

!ele"t the #oom Tool.

$ith the #oom Tool sele"ted, "li"k and drag out a sele"tion bo% around the eyes. This is the area well be zooming in to:

&rag out a sele"tion bo% around the eyes.

'elease your mouse button, and (hotosho fills the do"ument window with the area you sele"ted:

(hotosho zooms in on the sele"ted area.

Step 2: Select The Lasso Tool

)e%t, we need to sele"t the eyes so were not affe"ting any other areas of the image. *or that, well use the Lasso Tool. !ele"t the Lasso Tool from the Tools alette, or ress the letter L on your keyboard to +ui"kly sele"t it with the short"ut:

!ele"t the Lasso Tool.

Step 3: Draw Selections Around The Eyes

$ith the Lasso Tool sele"ted, drag a sele"tion around one of the eyes. &ont worry if your sele"tion outline isnt erfe"t sin"e well "lean things u later. ,n"e you ha-e the first eye sele"ted, hold down your Shi t key and draw a sele"tion around the other eye. Holding down the !hift key will add the new sele"tion to the re-ious one, allowing us to sele"t both eyes at on"e:

!ele"t the first eye, then hold down !hift and sele"t the other.

$e dont need the u ils in the "enter of the eyes sele"ted, so lets remo-e them from the sele"tion. Hold down your Alt .$in/ 0 Option .1a"/ key and drag around ea"h u il with the Lasso Tool. This will remo-e them from the sele"tion, lea-ing us with only the "olored area sele"ted. 2gain, dont worry about being o-erly re"ise for now:

Hold down 2lt .$in/ 0 , tion .1a"/ and drag around the u ils to desele"t them.

Step !: Add A "ue#Saturation Ad$ustment Layer

$ith the eyes now sele"ted, were ready to "hange their "olor! *or that, well use a Hue0!aturation ad3ustment layer. 4li"k on the %ew Ad$ustment Layer i"on at the bottom of the Layers alette .its the "ir"le s lit diagonally between bla"k and white/, then sele"t "ue#Saturation from the list of ad3ustment layers that a ears:

4li"k on the )ew 2d3ustment Layer i"on and "hoose Hue0!aturation from the list.

Step &: Select The '(olori)e* Option

If youre using (hotosho 4!5 as I am here, the o tions and "ontrols for the Hue0!aturation dialog bo% will a ear inside the Ad$ustments +anel whi"h is new to 4!5. In (hotosho 4!6 and earlier, a Hue0!aturation ear on your s"reen. !ele"t the (olori)e o tion by "li"king inside its "he"kbo%: dialog bo% will a

!ele"t 74olorize8.

2s soon as you sele"t 4olorize, youll see the eyes "hange "olor in the do"ument window:

The eyes instantly "hange "olor.

Step ,: Ad$ust The "ue- Saturation And Li.htness

To "hange the "olor, sim ly ad3ust the "ue, Saturation and Li.htness o tions by dragging their sliders left or right. Hue will "hange the basi" "olor, !aturation "hanges the saturation of the "olor, and Lightness affe"ts the o-erall brightness. Be "areful not to drag the !aturation or Lightness sliders too far to the right, though, sin"e things "an +ui"kly be"ome unnatural looking. The image in the do"ument window will "ontinually u date as you mo-e the sliders so you "an see a li-e re-iew of the "hanges:

&ial in the "olor you want with the Hue, !aturation and Lightness sliders.

$hen youre ha

y with the new "olor of the eyes, "li"k ,9 to e%it out of the Hue0!aturation dialog bo%

.(hotosho 4!5 users "an lea-e the 2d3ustments (anel o en sin"e theres no need to "lose it/. Heres my image after "hanging the womans eyes from blue to green:

The Hue0!aturation ad3ustment makes it easy to sele"t any "olor you want for the eyes.

Step /: Select The 0rush Tool

If your initial sele"tion of the eyes with the Lasso Tool wasnt erfe"t, "leaning things u is as easy as ainting with a brush! !ele"t (hotosho s 0rush Tool from the Tools alette, or ress the letter 0 to sele"t it with the keyboard short"ut:

!ele"t the Brush Tool.

Step 1: Select The "ue#Saturation Layer 2as3

If we look in our Layers alette, we see our Hue0!aturation ad3ustment layer sitting abo-e the image on the Ba"kground layer. ,ne of the great things about ad$ustment layers is that they in"lude a built:in layer mas3, whi"h makes it easy to "ontrol e%a"tly whi"h areas of the image are affe"ted by the ad3ustment layer and whi"h are not. 2ll we need to do is aint on the layer mask with our brush, but first, we need to make sure the layer mask is sele"ted. ;ou should see a white highlight border around the layer masks thumbnail, whi"h means the

mask is sele"ted. If you dont see the highlight border, sim ly "li"k dire"tly on the thumbnail to sele"t the mask:

1ake sure the layer mask for the ad3ustment layer is sele"ted.

Step 4: +aint On The 2as3 To (lean 5p The Selection

To "lean u the eyes, sim ly aint o-er any roblem areas with your brush. (aint with white to add to the area that the Hue0!aturation ad3ustment layer is affe"ting, or with bla"k to hide the effe"ts of the ad3ustment layer. (hotosho aints using your "urrent *oreground "olor, whi"h you "an see by looking at the 6ore.round color swatch near the bottom of the Tools alette:

The *oreground "olor swat"h shows the "olor youre ainting with.

$ith the layer mask sele"ted, ress the letter D on your keyboard to reset your *oreground "olor to white. To +ui"kly swit"h to bla"k, ress the letter 7, whi"h swa s the *oreground and Ba"kground "olors. (ress 7 again to swit"h ba"k to white. To "hange the size of your brush, use the left and right bra"ket keys on your keyboard. (ress the le t 8rac3et 3ey. 9 / re eatedly to make the brush smaller or the ri.ht 8rac3et 3ey . : / to make it larger. (ress Shi t;le t 8rac3etto make the brush edges softer if needed, or Shi t;ri.ht 8rac3et to make them harder. Here, Im ainting around the outer edge of one of the eyes with a small brush, with bla"k as my *oreground "olor, to hide any areas where the new green "olor e%tended out into the white art of the eye:

(ainting with bla"k on the layer mask to remo-e any unwanted green areas.

Here, after "leaning u the effe"t by ainting on the layer mask, is my final result:

Her blue eyes are now green. )o s e"ial "onta"t lenses re+uired.