How to Fake Eyeshadow in Photoshop

Many photographers and artists say that your subject's eyes are the most important element in an image. But trying to enhance them or add a little eyeshadow can be very tricky. This tutorial will show you exactly how it's done and teach you great Photoshop techniques in the process.

It's not so far-fetched to suggest that digital editing in photography has some commonalities with the application of makeup on people. Often, as photographers, we might like the image we have in-camera but just feel it needs some subtle adjustments to really make it stand out. And so it goes with makeup, including eyeshadow and eyeliner. But what happens if you do a photoshoot with a subject, be it a model in a professional setting or a subject in a more casual situation and you don't quite get the eyes looking as you both might have wished? In this great tutorial from PiXimperfect, Unmesh Dinda shows you how to apply eye makeup to your subject, including eyeliner, eyeshadow, and highlights. Even more useful, in my opinion, is that during the process, you will learn some very useful Photoshop techniques such as masking and using the Pen tool. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Iain Stanley is an Associate Professor teaching photography and composition in Japan. Fstoppers is where he writes about photography, but he's also a 5x Top Writer on Medium, where he writes about his expat (mis)adventures in Japan and other things not related to photography. To view his writing, click the link above.

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