How to make eyes sparkle in Paint Shop Pro using Unsharp Mask.

sparkling eyes paint sho proThis quick tutorial will demonstrate how to quickly sharpen the eyes in Paint Shop Pro to give them that extra little sparkle. With this little tip/effect you can make your photo subject eyes sparkle and stand out. This tutorial will take less than two minutes to complete. If you found this tip helpful please comment. Thank you for visiting.

Final Results

Here is a side by side comparison of the before and after.

Video Tutorial

A step by step video tutorial is also provided as a reference.

Step 1

Open up a photo you want that you want to make the eyes sparkle in. For this example, I used a photo of my youngest son.

Step 2

Select the Freehand Selection tool, and set the Selection Type to Point to Point, and the the Mode to Replace.

Step 3

Outline the first eye. After the first eye is outlined, hold Shift, and outline the second eye.

Step 4

Right click on the background layer in the layers palette, and select Promote Selection To Layer. Then set the blend mode to Lighten.

Step 5

With the Promoted Selection Layer selected go to Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask, and apply the following settings that are displayed in the image below. Radius = 3, Strength = 325, Clipping = 1. Optionally, you can experiment with your own settings. You can decrease/increase the sharpness by lowering/raising the “strength” setting. The maximum strength is 500.

Step 6

This step is optional: If you have too much sharpness and sparkle, you can lower the opacity of the Promoted Selection layer to decrease the sharpness and sparkle effect. Adjust until you are satisfied with the results.

The Before Result

The After Result

June 30, 2008 · Filed Under Tutorials: All, Tutorials: Effects, Tutorials: Photography, Tutorials: Tubes, Tutorials:Video

posted by torQQue

Comments

11 Responses to “How to make eyes sparkle in Paint Shop Pro using Unsharp Mask.”

  1. Jul on August 22nd, 2008 11:20 am

    Great tutorial. ;)

  2. P on October 15th, 2008 1:09 pm

    EXCELLENT TUTORIAL THANK YOU THANK YOU

  3. John Riley on November 12th, 2008 2:24 pm

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  4. Ella Bee on November 15th, 2008 6:54 pm

    my God! this was awesome i did it and it was great thank you!

  5. Kat Bradshaw on November 21st, 2008 7:36 pm

    This is pretty amazing.. Thank you for the info, Do you know how to make collages with corel? Thank you Kat

  6. diamond marable :] on November 26th, 2008 8:18 am

    thx this was really helpful :D

  7. Jin on January 16th, 2009 1:53 pm

    Thanks a lot :P Great help !!

  8. Jennifer on April 15th, 2009 5:30 am

    Just started using this software yesterday and this is such a quick and easy change that really makes a difference. Thanks!

  9. sonia on March 9th, 2010 5:25 pm

    Thanks I just used it and wow does it make a big difference. keep them coming, Your tuts help so much. thanks

  10. henry on May 13th, 2010 4:26 am

    very very nice! I will keep coming back. Thanks a bunch!

  11. rachael on July 15th, 2010 6:11 am

    thankyou so much , finally a tutorial that seems that it will give me the result ive been searching for ! i love paintshop pro and have used it for years and this was one little trick i needed to learn ! thankyou loads ill be testing it out tonight :)

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