Whitening Eyes

Here’s Kevin Ames’s technique for brightening the whites of the eyes, and I have to say, even though it takes a little longer and has a few more steps, it really does a brilliant job, and offers the most realistic whites brightening I’ve seen.

Step One.
Open the photo with eyes you want to whiten.

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Step Two.
Go to the Layers palette and choose Curves from the Adjustment Layer pop-up menu at the bottom of the palette. When the Curves dialog appears, don’t make any adjustments—just click OK. When the Curves Adjustment ...

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