How to add catch lights?

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Aug 18, 2004
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Hi there, does anyone know an easy way to add realistic looking catch lights to a subjects eyes?

Thanks,
Mark
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The Doormouse
Aug 18, 2004
"Mark" wrote:

Hi there, does anyone know an easy way to add realistic looking catch lights to a subjects eyes?

Use Visine.

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Erik.D
Aug 18, 2004
I just use a whitebrush with small size (on a seperate layer). The trick with catchlights is that they always need a counter light (at the otherside of the eye) however, that is not always possible.

Katrin Eisman describes in her terrific book "restoration and retouching in Photoshop" a method that puts a relatively big whitish blob (semilunar shape) at one side of the iris and then a couple of lines (perpendicular to the pupil) at the other side of the iris. One could smudge these lines a bit as well.

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Hi there, does anyone know an easy way to add realistic looking catch lights to a subjects eyes?

Thanks,
Mark

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Michael J Davis
Aug 18, 2004
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I just use a whitebrush with small size (on a seperate layer). The trick with catchlights is that they always need a counter light (at the otherside of the eye) however, that is not always possible.

Katrin Eisman describes in her terrific book "restoration and retouching in Photoshop" a method that puts a relatively big whitish blob (semilunar shape) at one side of the iris and then a couple of lines (perpendicular to the pupil) at the other side of the iris. One could smudge these lines a bit as well.

Just make sure they are in the same position on each eye!

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Hecate
Aug 18, 2004
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:34:30 +0700, "Mark" wrote:

Hi there, does anyone know an easy way to add realistic looking catch lights to a subjects eyes?

Thanks,
Mark
Yes. Fill-in flash.

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Kevin
Aug 23, 2004
I use white or a light shade of grey from the color picker but if there is catch light available on another suject in the same picture I will "clone" and copy it to the other eye OR I find a picture with catch light and do a whole eye swap……Hope this helps
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Hi there, does anyone know an easy way to add realistic looking catch lights to a subjects eyes?

Thanks,
Mark

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