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Photoshop’s Unsharp Mask is a great way to add a little sparkle to eyes and a smile-but how do you avoid sharpening the skin and bringing out the wrinkles? Wrangle up the Lasso tool and I’ll show you how to rustle up just the eyes and mouth…
Step 1

Step 2

Copy and move the selected areas to a new layer by hitting command/control-J. Double-click on the words Layer 1, and rename the new layer Eyes and Mouth.
Step 3

Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask. Set an Amount of 100%, a Threshold of 0 levels, and a Radius of 2 pixels. Feel free to play around with the Radius setting to get nice, sharp, clear eyes and teeth without getting that oversharpened ‘halo’ effect.
Step 4

Hit the OK button, pardner, and you’re done- you’ve just lassoed up a pair of eyes and a smile with just a little more sparkle than the average cowhand.
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shruti said on — June 16, 2008 @ 2:27 am
its great…now i can solve some of my querries…
Matt Martin said on — June 27, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
I like it! Nice and quick.
rima uruguay said on — January 24, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
thats so easy, its was hard to found the tool, cause im not english speaker. thanks¡¡
Raj said on — June 21, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
Yo man,this is so simple n great….We can take their smartness to the next level….