Add dimension and shine to your eyes by lightening them up using a kicker light in Photoshop CC 2017. Kicker lights stand opposite to catch lights and are actually the reflection of highlights from the iris. Lightening eyes adds to the sparkling and makes eyes more expressive and attractive. It adds a soft glow to the eyes which is natural and attractive.
In this video, we are going to learn a very small and simple but exceptionally effective technique that will make a massive difference and make eyes pop in Photoshop. If your image has flat eyes, adding a kicker light will solve it by generating highlights and reflections that will enhance the depth and give the eyes a sense of shape.
Instead of simply brightening up the eyes all over, brightening up in certain ways using the fundamentals of light and shadow can go a long way in making the eyes sparkle with beauty.
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