Eyes closed -> a little PP -> now Eyes open!!

[rsambuca]

This is just a point-and-shoot snapshot I had of my friend's family from a wedding last year. Unfortunately, my friend's wife had her eyes closed. As this is the only picture I had of their family together, I wanted to try and save it.

Using Gimp, I first brightened the image using a simple Levels adjustment. I then used the clone tool to get rid of the couple in the background plus a few background shadows. I also used the clone tool and airbrush to get rid of the distracting elements from the window behind my friend.

The last part was the hardest. I opened another picture I had of my friend's wife, cut out her eyes, and pasted them onto the picture I was trying to save. Since the orientation wasn't right, I used the perspective, rotate, and resize tools to get the eyes to what you see in the fix. I then adjusted the colours to blend them in. Each eye was worked on in a separate layer.

Once I was done, I flattened the image and, well, here it is! I showed it to the family and not one of them knew what I had done.

Before...


and After...

[stephyd123]

wow that looks great to me!

[Jae]

This is fabulous! I've had to do this before and it's hard work, I'm glad they like it!!

[KodiakStar]

Nice job! I need to learn how to do things like that

[corry]

i would say you did an excellent job!!! very natural eyes she has now.

[Lakitu]

That is amazing. Great job.

[TerryL]

Great Job!!

[JodyGall]

WOW! That is really impressive! It looks great! You did an awesome job!

[rsambuca]

Thanks guys! I was surprised at how easy this kind of stuff gets the more you do it.

[genielamb]

That is amazing, awesome job and what patience. WOW you cannot tell the eyes were cloned in!