Adobe Photoshop - Dragan Effect

If you want a more dramatic outlook in your photos, you should use dragan effects.  It gives more clear details to the picture.

Now this is going to be the output after applying dragan effects.

This is an original portrait of my grandfather from our HD camera.

It’s quiet easy but I’ll put a few details about it. But there are things I won’t explain, cause in which I assume you already know.

• ·         Duplicate your original photo to another layer. So that if ever you mess, you still have your original portrait untouched.
• ·         Name the layer of your original photo: ORIGINAL. Name the layer of your duplicate photo: DUPLICATE

• ·         We will use the DUPLICATE layer
• ·         Click on the adjustment tab
• ·         Add LEVELS. With these measurements

The measurements may differ from the picture you’re using with mine. 

• ·         With the adjustment, another layer has been added. Right click on the layer, and then select Merge Down from the options. That is to add the adjusted levels to our Duplicate layer.
• ·         Next, let’s add contrast and highlights to the picture using CURVES on the adjustment tab.

You could adjust the curves similar to what I have there.

• ·         MERGE DOWN the adjusted layer to your duplicate layer
• ·         Now, let’s suffuse the colors to darken the picture by lowering the saturation under the HUE/SATURATION in the adjustment tab.

• ·         MERGE DOWN your adjusted layer.

·         Use the BURN tool to darken the vibrant parts or, to have a clear detail on the parts of the face or even in the background.

Without burn tool

With burn tool on the nose, forehead wrinkles, cheeks and on the background

• ·         Create a duplicate layer from your duplicate layer. Name the third layer: FILTER

• ·         On your menu bar, click on Filter; then find Others; choose HIGH PASS

• ·         Under the layers tab; by default you can see a normal blending option for your layer, change it to OVERLAY.
• ·         DONE. Using the same picture I have, you should have the same output:

With more practice and familiarization with the tools and adjustments you can have your own measurements later on and apply it anytime you want to.

Adobe Photoshop - Changing Eye Color

Now, we're going to use a random picture of Lady Gaga I got from the Google search. 

• ·         Zoom in the eyes
  enlarging the eyes can make us work easier. since our goal here is to change the color of the lens.

  

  zoom in

  ·         Select on both eyes with elliptical marquee.
  You can also use the wand tool or lasso tool, whatever that’s easier for you to use.
  If have selected the first eye then you want to select also the second eye: you just hold on to SHIFT key then select on the second eye.
  If selecting the second eye isn’t accurate, but you don’t want to change the selection on the first eye: just hold on to ALT key to deselect the second

  

  marching ants in the corner of the eye lens

  ·         On the ADJUSTMENT tab; then HUE/SATURATION; check the box on COLORIZE
  By moving the hue slider you can see the changes on the color of the eyes.
  In my example; I changed the color of the eye into pink

  

  adjustment tab on the eyes

  ·         To make it look natural: use the BLUR tool around the lens of the eyes.
  ·         Select on ZOOM tool, then right click on the photo and then select FIT ON SCREEN
  ·         Then here you have Lady Gaga with pink eyes:

  

  lady gaga with pink eyes

  TIPS:
  You can change the color of the lips and the hair just by following the same steps. So long as you select with the marquee tools or with the wand tool the parts you want to change.