Whiten Teeth and Eyes

Give your subjects more appeal with whiter, brighter eyes and teeth. This short tutorial will show you how.

Create a new layer, select the Dodge tool, then go to the Tool Options bar and set the Range to Midtones. The default Exposure setting is 50%, which is a good starting point.


Run the Dodge tool over the teeth until they look whiter. The Dodge tool is very powerful, so more than three brush strokes could leave the teeth looking overdone. If that's the case, use Undo (Ctrl/Cmd +Z) to step back, then reduce the Exposure setting in the Tool Options before returning to work.

Work over the eyes in the same way, zooming out often to get a look at the image as a whole. Beware, the close-up view can often be misleading.