Post Processing Tips: No More Eye Bags

(For reference only. What I am sharing here is not the ONLY way to edit your photos. Different photographer prefers different workflow)

Software needed: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Most of us, regardless if we are young or old, we do have eye bags. Many ladies would say “Yeah! That’s the only bag I hate! !!”

I understand, coz I do have BIG eye bags. They are bulging out as though my eye balls gonna pop out.

I hear you, hence I am gonna show you how to remove eye bags in Adobe Photoshop CS3 with 4 simple steps.

Processing Workflow:

1. Create Layer
2. Zoom in to Eye bags
3. Patch Tool
4. Adjust Opacity

We are gonna have Sharon in this illustration.

Step 1: Create Layer

Create a “Layer Via Copy”

Step 2: Zoom in to Eye bags

Use the Zooming tool (the “magnifying glass” icon in the tool bar on your left) and zoom into the eye bags area. Once you selected the zooming tool, you can just draw a box around the eyes (like above).

Step 3: Patch Tool

Select the “Patch Tool” in the tool bar on left.

MAKE SURE you select “SOURCE” for the Patch option on top of the navigation bar.

Using the Patch tool, draw on the eye bag area which you wanna fix.

Once the area is selected, drag down to an area which you wanna make reference to (usually a smoother area).

Repeat the entire steps in STEP 3 for the other eye.

Step 4: Adjust Opacity

Now, goto the Layer Palette on your right and select on “Layer 1″ (the layer which we do all the patching earlier). Slide the “Opacity” slider to the level that you want (observe the eye bags as preview while you do this. You will get what I mean).  In this illustration, I adjusted it to 38% as I normally like to “reserve” some eye bags, else it will look unnatural.

Final step, goto LAYER>FLATTEN IMAGE to merge the layers into one.

With that, I am proud to declare that NO MORE EYE BAGS for your loved ones!