Changing Eye Color

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Are those eye colors driving you crazy? Want to change it up a bit? This is the tutorial for you!

WHAT WE'LL END UP WITH:
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WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Headshot
  
• GIMP
  
• Know how to use Pen Tool

1. GET A HEADSHOT OF YOUR MODEL
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**feel free to use this image to practice on**

The bigger the picture the better, because you can see the eyes more.

For right now we're using a pic I had of one of my best models, Keyo. You can see her eyes perfectly clear.

2.DECIDE ON YOUR COLOR

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I want to go for something really different, so I'm using pink (If you want mulit-colored eyes, pick those colors out too)

3. SELECT THE EYE

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Zoom in really close on the eye.

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Using the pen tool, make a path that is the same size as the eye (this is the area that will be colored)


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Now go into your Paths window (see above) and click on the red square at the bottom. Your path is now a selection around the eye.

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**keep the selection around the eye**



4. DESATURATING (optional)
Go into Colors > Desaturate and pick which shade suits you best.

**desaturating makes the new color pop more, so this step is optional. If you do not want to desaturate, go to the next step**

**keep the selection around the eye**


5. ADDING COLOR

Create a new layer.

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Fill your selection with the new color.

Now, above the Opacity in your Layers box, there is something that says Mode. Right now it should say Normal Mode, but we want to change that. Click on the grey box with an arrow and a whole lot of choices pop out.

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You want to select one of the bottom four: Hue, Saturation, Color or Value.
If Hue doesn't look good, then select Saturation and so forth.

If you've done good, it should look like this:

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Zoom out and enjoy your handiwork! :D

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PROBLEMS

... If the color is too bright.... then just change the opacity of the new layer.

... If the eye goes all weird when you merge the layers... Sorry bout that. It's kind of a side-effect to changing the layer Mode. Just don't merge them together, and when you save the image it'll just merge it for you without making it wonky. Save it as a .png just to be sure ;)