In this Photoshop tutorial, you’l’l learn how to dilate the pupils for better portraits. There are a lot of ways to retouch portraits. Enlarging the pupils is just one of them. But sometimes the smallest part of your photo will have the biggest impact.

Does it look more appealing to you or is it not really that big of a deal. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

13 responses to “Dilate the Pupils for Better Portraits”

  1. uc main Avatar
    uc main

    Good post. I absolutely love this site. Keep writing!

  2. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    Thank You for this amazing lesson. I gotta say, I’m not a fan of the dialated pupil. It takes away from the color in her eyes which in my opinion give her some depth. But that’s just my opinion. I can see it’s application did a google search of some magazine covers and such and I did immediatly notice it. I don’t know, jury is still out for me – LOL. But again, I LOVE having the option and I can visualize instances where this would be really beneficial.

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    Anonymous

    Her original eyes are much better. It’s unreal after being dilated.

  4. Abdall Avatar
    Abdall

    Hola

  5. Denis Glennon Avatar
    Denis Glennon

    Excellent video/tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

  6. Maddie Avatar
    Maddie

    Personally I like the portrait better without the eyes dilated. Her eyes are such a beautiful color and they are so captivating before the dilation, and I feel it covers too much of the color in her eyes

  7. craig Avatar
    craig

    The more I look at it the more I like it. Weird, it’s something I never thought much about, but it is better.

  8. David Rogers Avatar
    David Rogers

    Ophthalmology patient.

  9. Joseph Caruana Avatar
    Joseph Caruana

    You’re right. With a dilated pupil it looks much, much better.

  10. Ruth Miller Avatar
    Ruth Miller

    perfect for doing anime or cosplay stuff great for halloween too!

  11. Sandy Kuskin Avatar
    Sandy Kuskin

    Awful

  12. Angela King-Jones Avatar
    Angela King-Jones

    I agree, creepy and unnatural

  13. Dale Wooten Avatar
    Dale Wooten

    IMHO i think it looks more creepy and unnatural. Less would of been more in the example shown at left…just my opinion though

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