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This lesson demonstrates how to create a cartoon eye. Note: The glassy eye is created with Eyecandy 5 Impact’s Glass filter.
Beginners’ Note
This tutorial is quite long, however, if you take your time, you should be able to complete it.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open a New document, and set the following attributes.
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Then change the Foreground colour swatch to blue. 
Note
You change the Background colour swatch in exactly the same way, after clicking the following Set background colour swatch. 
To change the Foreground colour, left-click the following Foreground swatch.
In the subsequent Colour Picker dialogue box, hover your cursor over the vertical rainbow swatch, and left-click a mid blue colour - or a colour of your choice.
The left-side swatch will then display your hue’s colour-range.
Now, left-click a darker, or lighter, hue - as illustrated below, and the colour swatch circled in red, will display your colour choice.
Then click OK, to set the changes.
The Foreground swatch now displays your choice of colour.
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Now, from the Layers palette, right-click Layer 1.
Then from the drop-down menu, left-click Layer Properties (shown above), and you will see the following Layer Properties dialogue box.
In the Name tab (above) enter Iris, then click OK. Your layer is now named Iris.
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Then from the left-side toolbar, activate the Elliptical Marquee Tool.
And set the following attributes into its Options bar.
Note
To ensure the marquee is circular shaped, first left-click and hold down your keyboard’s Shift Arrow key - and simultaneously draw a marquee onto the canvas; beginning at the top left, as shown below (left).
 
After you have drawn your circle, activate the Move Tool. 
Then hover your cursor over the ellipse’s edge.
When you see the following black triangle and cross. 
Left-click and drag the circular marquee to the centre of the canvas, as shown below.
Tip
If you find the circle is too small or too large, from the top menu, choose Edit then Step Backwards and redraw the circle.
Relocating The Marquee
To move the marquee, first ensure New Selection is active.
Then left-click inside the marquee. 
And drag it to another area.
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Now, from the left-side toolbar, activate the Paint Bucket Tool. Tutorial.
And set the following attributes.
Then left-click inside the marquee, to fill it blue. 
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From the top menu, choose Filter then choose Noise then choose Add Noise with the following settings.
Then choose OK to apply it. 
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From the top menu, choose Filter then choose Blur then choose Radial Blur with the following settings.
Then choose OK.
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To remove the blurred edges; from the top menu, choose Layers then choose New, then choose Layer. In the subsequent New Layer dialogue box, type Ellipse into the Name menu, then click OK.
Now, draw a circular marquee over the image, (as explained in Chapter 4), then, (with the Move Tool), position it, as shown below.
Ensure the Iris layer is active (highlighted) in the Layers palette.
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Then from the top menu choose Select then Inverse, and press your keyboard’s Delete key. This removes the outer blurred ellipse. Again, from the top menu, choose Select then choose Deselect - this removes the marquee.
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From the top menu, choose Image then choose Adjustments then choose Colour Balance, and set the following attributes.
Then click OK.
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We now need to apply a small circle to represent the pupil; therefore, ensure the Set Foreground colour is black.
Then from the top menu, choose Layer then New then Layer - and name it Pupil.
Working on the Pupil layer, repeat my instructions for Chapter 4. However, this time, draw a smaller circle, to represent a pupil, onto the blue iris. Then, with the Paint Bucket Tool, fill the smaller circle with black, and reposition it with the Move Tool, as you did with the larger circle. Note: You may need to repeat the Paint Bucket application a few times, to fully fill the pupil with black. Additionally, ensure Tolerance is set to 222.
 
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From the top menu, choose Select then choose Deselect.  Ctrl then D.
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Now, ensure the Pupil layer is active by left-clicking to highlight the layer - as shown here.
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Then from the top menu choose Filter then Eyecandy 5 (Glass) filter.
Note: Ensure you change Settings, Basic and Lighting, to the following, before clicking OK.
Settings tab - Opaque Black.
To make the drop shadow less prominent; from the Basic tab (below), change the following (Shadow Offset) setting to 0. Additionally, change the Reflection Map (below right) to Bumper - Shiny Grill, then, when all settings have been altered, click OK.
 
Your pupil will change to the following. 
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To enhance the white highlight (glint) of the pupil, change the Set Foreground colour to white.
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Then create a New Layer and name it Glint. 
Now, draw a smaller ellipse (not a circle this time, so do not press the Shift Key). Draw it slightly larger than the white highlight already on the pupil, as described in Chapter 4. Then reposition the new ellipse marquee, over the original highlight using the Move Tool - as illustrated here.
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Now, activate the Paint Bucket Tool. 
And left-click inside the small marquee, to fill it white. 
Again, you may need to reapply the white to fully fill the ellipse. 
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Ensuring the Glint layer is active - as shown below right - from the Layer palette, change its Blend Mode from Normal to Soft Light.
 
Your highlight will automatically change to the following.
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Ensure the Iris layer is active.
Then from the toolbar, activate the Burn Tool. 
Dodge and Burn Tutorial.
With the following settings.
And carefully apply the Burn Tool to the outside of the iris, this darkens it slightly and provides depth.
 
Note: the more you reapply the Burn tool the darker the iris colour will become,
therefore, if you wish to lighten it again, activate the Dodge Tool.
And set the following attributes.
Apply the Dodge Tool to the darkened parts - this will lighten them. Remember, Burn to darken and Dodge to lighten. Burn and Dodge Lesson Here.
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From the top menu, choose Layer then choose Merge Visible.
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Then from the top menu, choose Layer then New then Layer and name it Background.
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From the toolbar, activate the Gradient Tool.
On your newly named Background layer - start from the upper left of the canvas, and draw (stretch) the gradient onto the canvas, as illustrated below.
 
Then from the Layers palette, drag the Background (gradient) layer to below the eye layer.
Alternatively fill your layer with a Solid Colour, Pattern or Gradient of your choice, as demonstrated by my lesson Here.
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To apply an Eyecandy 5 Perspective Shadow, ensure the eye layer is active, then from the top menu, choose Filter then choose Eyecandy Impact, then choose Perspective Shadow. Now, apply the settings you prefer, I chose the following.
 
To reshape the reflection, manoeuvre the tiny rectangle nodes, and skew the reflection to its best advantage.
 
Perspective Shadows without Eyecandy
To create perspective shadows with Photoshop - duplicate your eye by right-clicking its layer and choosing Duplicate Layer, from the drop-down list. Now, working on the duplicated layer, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Transform then choose Perspective. Your eye will be surrounded by a vector transformation bounding box. Now, reposition the duplicated eye, and manoeuvre the three lower square nodes, to deform your eye, perspectively.
Create Reflections from Type
Create Water Reflections Tutorial Here
Create Graded Reflections Tutorial Here
Create Reflections from Objects Tutorial Here
Create Reflections from Photographs Tutorial Here
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When you are happy with the result; from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, and link Here to save your work.
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