Photo Restoration - - Droopy Eye

tsavoie · #1 10-24-2005, 10:19 PM

Can anyone suggest a way to "correct" the left eye in this picture? It droops on the left side. Both eyes could be opened a little but if the left were done it would at least match the right more. Any help would be appreciate.

Kraellin · #2 10-24-2005, 11:54 PM

hi tsavoie,

and welcome to RP!

if you're using photoshop, then i'd say the liquify tool. in paint shop pro it would be the warp mesh or warp tool.

Craig

Xaran · #3 10-25-2005, 10:54 AM

All this really needs is the crease line of the eyelid moving up. On the attached I painted over the droopy crease line with adjacent colour and then added a new one on a separate layer in overlay mode, black brush at 7% opacity blurred slightly.

Christine

tsavoie · #4 10-25-2005, 07:12 PM

Xaran,
I'm looking at the before and after pictures and struggling to see the difference. No offense, I just am not sure where the adjustment was made. Did the modified thumbnail get uploaded? I like your suggestion and am trying to see the effect.

Cameraken · #5 10-25-2005, 07:54 PM

Hi Tsavoie. Welcome to RetouchPro.

Isn’t it funny how we all see things differently?

Xaran has worked on Her Left eye (Our Right) Which Does have a droopy eyelid and Christine has repaired that.

I think you may be talking about the puffy eyelid in Her Right eye (Our Left)

Am I correct?

Ken

Photo678 · #6 10-25-2005, 07:58 PM

Made a selection of the right eye, feather 2pix, copy, paste, move over left eye, free transform, flip horizontal, blur edges, healing brush bags under eyes

Duv · #7 10-25-2005, 10:02 PM

If I get my right your left conundrum right (which I probably don't), I think her right eye (our left) needs to be opened a bit. I can't think of anything that really works better than Liquify. I would caution about making both tooooo similar.

Dave

Xaran · #8 10-25-2005, 10:10 PM

Ken is correct about what I did - for the other eye though all that needs to be done is extending the crease a little.

Christine

tsavoie · #9 10-26-2005, 07:27 AM

I stand corrected. I was indeed referring to her right (viewer's left) eye. I'm learning all the time. There were several suggestions now posted here so I will have to try a couple myself. I agree they shouldn't be too exact but I was hoping to open it a little and I think the suggestions here will help do that. Thanks all for the help. This is a great forum. I very new to PS CS.