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Using Retouch Tool to Recolor - Part II

This project uses the image of Nikki (my cat) that is included in the zip file.

It's a good picture but his eyes are glowing which makes him look eerie. I want to fix them. :) We'll use the retouch tool to fix the color of his eyes and then fix his pupils using the Red-eye Removal feature in PSP 7 or the Paint brush and Eraser in PSP 6

Before

After

1. Open nikki.psp or another image that you want to work on. Press and hold the Shift key while pressing the D key to make a copy of the image. Close the original.
   
   
2. Activate the zoom tool and click between his eyes a couple of times to zoom in.
   
   
3. Activate the lasso tool and draw a selection around the glowing part of one of his eyes.
   
   
4. . Hold down the Ctrl key and draw a selection around the pupil part of the same eye. Use the Ctrl and Shift keys to add subtract from your selection until you are happy with it. Use the Undo feature as needed if you make a mistake. :)
   
   
5. Hold down the Shift key and select the other eye as in step 3. Repeat step 4 on this second eye.
   
   
6. Save your selection to the alpha channel: Selections > Save to Alpha Channel and save your image in .psp format.
   
   
7. Now go Selections > Float so that this selection floats above the background layer.
   
   
8. Activate the Retouch tool and set your foreground color to a light green or blue. I used #C3FFC3. Open the Tool Options Palette and use the same settings we used in the first tutorial (Step 7).
   
   
9. Paint both eyes with the new color.
   
   
   
10. Go Selections > Promote to Layer. Open the Layer palette and move the Opacity slider down a bit if your eye color is too bright.
    
    
11. If you're using PSP 6 continue on here. If you're using PSP 7, skip down to step 17 now.
    
    Select the pupil of one eye and save the selection to Alpha Channel.
    
    
12. Float the selection.
    
    
13. Activate the Brush tool and choose black as your foreground color. Paint the pupil avoiding the highlight as much as possible.
    
    
14. Promote the selection to layer.
    
    
15. If you're zoomed in, activate the zoom tool and right click to zoom back out. If the pupil looks good and the highlight is large enough, go to the next step. If the highlight needs to be bigger, activate the Eraser tool and set the size to 1 pixel. Zoom back in and erase a few pixels of black.
    
    
16. Ensure that the background layer is the active layer
    and then repeat steps 11 to 15 on the other eye. When you have both pupils fixed, move to step 18.
    
    
17. If you're using PSP 7, you can use the Red-eye Removal feature to fix the pupils. :) First be sure that the background layer is the active layer then go Effects > Enhance Photo > Red-eye Removal
    
    
    
    1. Click the zoom button to get close.
    2. Click and hold the + button. Move the view field so that both eyes are included.
    3. Choose Freehand or Point to Point Outline from the drop down menu.
    4. Set the Glint lightness.
    5. Set the Glint size.
    6. Pick the cat eye from the drop down menu. (It's #1)
    7. Draw a selection around the pupil of the first eye. The bounding box can be resized and moved if necessary. Your results will show up in the right side of the screen so that you can decide whether it needs to be bigger, smaller, or moved.
    8. Hold down the Ctrl key and draw a selection around the pupil of the second eye.
    9. Click OK
    
    
    
18. When you're all finished, merge your layers (Go Layers > Merge Visible) and resize your image so that it's about 250 pixels wide. Use Sharpen > Unsharp Mask if your image needs a little punch. Add a border if you like. :) Save in .jpg format.

Here are my results...
Green Eyes	Blue Eyes

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