LR local adjustment brush - eye settings

eoren1 · July 28, 2009

I've been trying to find a good combination of settings to help the eyes 'pop' on my portraits. I use Lightroom 2 almost exclusively for my post-processing and, initially, dialed in a lot of clarity and a bit of exposure to the brush that I would then paint on the iris at 100% magnification. Recently, I noticed that a positive clarity adjustment did little to boost the iris details and have now gone to a -15 clarity and +0.14 exposure as my default 'eyes brighten/pop' setting. I was hoping others could share their best practices for using the local adjustment brush in this way.
Thanks!
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Miguel Delinquento · July 28, 2009

Lightroom Killer Tips has a link to download a few adjustment brush present "effects."

I've used these, but as with all presets I tend to tweak them, sometimes significantly.

In this case, the Brighten Eyes effect has:
Brightness=32
Contrast=0
Saturation=-64
Clarity=-45
Feather=86
Density=80

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eoren1 · July 29, 2009

Thanks Miguel,
I'll give those a try - the desaturation seems to be a strange approach though

Anyone else find some settings that work well for this?
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LR local adjustment brush - eye settings

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