opening closed eyes on a portraite

[lancslad]

I have read in last weeks mag that in the Dec 6 issue a method for opening the eyes of a person who closed them as a photo was taken was available in Elements.I missed this issue can anybody describe the steps for me I have elements 4
Thankyou
Lanslad

[LargeFormat]

Sounds like a joke. The only thing you could do is to paste in some eyes - make sure they're the right colour.

[john_g]

I think this might refer to the idea of taking a series of pictures and then being able to pick the one you like and, if someone is blinking in your chosen photo, you can replace the closed eyes with ones from one of the other pictures.

Adobe Elements v7 has a feature that automates something close to this (I've not used it, so don't know how versatile it is, or how well it works). You can see a video of it in action here: http://www.adobe.com/products/psprel...tor/groupshot/

[Terrywoodenpic]

Close eyes are always a problem.
At weddings or other groups and the like, always take two shots in quick succession, then you can even change heads let alone eyes.

[Meredith]

I have read in last weeks mag that in the Dec 6 issue a method for opening the eyes of a person who closed them as a photo was taken was available in Elements.I missed this issue can anybody describe the steps for me I have elements 4
Thankyou
Lanslad

Basically it involved having another photo where the person in question had their eyes open so you could copy the open version and paste them on top of the closed eyes.

[Nod]

A few years ago I took a group photo (including me) at a family function. Fortunately I took 4 shots in fairly quick succesion since in 3 of them, 3 or 4 people had their eyes shut. In the other one, there was only one person with closed eyes - ME! Since I was in exactly the same place as in the other shots, it was relatively easy to select my head and C&P it over my closed eyes one and you can't see the join.

[Monobod]

A few years ago I took a group photo (including me) at a family function. Fortunately I took 4 shots in fairly quick succesion since in 3 of them, 3 or 4 people had their eyes shut. In the other one, there was only one person with closed eyes - ME! Since I was in exactly the same place as in the other shots, it was relatively easy to select my head and C&P it over my closed eyes one and you can't see the join.

But I bet the blood took a long time to clean up!

[Nod]

Fortunately, the blood was all contained - in my red face!

[Monobod]

It can be quite good fun making people in images cross eyed.

[Flyer5]

Close eyes are always a problem.
At weddings or other groups and the like, always take two shots in quick succession, then you can even change heads let alone eyes.

Thats a good idea, I once swapped a full bride from one wedding to another because the groom had decided he didnt like what he saw... and preferred the other one. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]