How to Get Rid of Puffy Eyes in Pictures

Retouch pictures using a standard graphics program.

When you are taking pictures of your friends and family with a digital camera, you can make the people in the photographs look much more youthful by retouching the pictures using a graphics program, such as Adobe Photoshop. Since the eyes can have a tendency to wrinkle and sag in photographs, you can make people in the pictures look younger by adjusting the coloration and contrast around the eyes to make the eyes appear smoother.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Photoshop software

Instructions

1. Install or download Adobe Photoshop on your computer.

2. Open the digital photograph you want to retouch in Photoshop.

3. Click on the picture of a magnifying glass in the Tool Box, which is a vertical box located to the right of your screen. Click four times on the photograph where you want to edit puffy eyes. This will zoom in closely.

4. Locate the area underneath the bag underneath one of the eyes, which will cast a darker shadow. Click on the picture of an eye dropper in the Tool Box, then click on the area directly above the shadow. This will select that color for you to use.

5. Click on the picture of a paintbrush inside the Tool Box, then change the opacity and flow to 30 percent using the scroll bars located at the top of the page.

6. Click repeatedly over the shadowed portion underneath the puffy eye bag, which will conceal the shadow gradually.

7. Click on the picture of a white drop inside of the Tool Box, then click over the area you shaded. This will blend the area together with the areas immediately surrounding the concealed area.

8. Repeat to get rid of all of the puffy eyes in the picture.