Free Lightroom Preset: CMS Eyes Enhance Local Presets

Today's Lightroom presets are for the local adjustment brush inside of Lightroom. One of the powerful features of Lightroom is the Local adjustment brush. This gives the photographer the power to make specific changes to certain parts of the photograph without affecting the entire image.
In the image on the left I have already made my adjustments to everything in the basic tools (exposure, brightness, etc) as well as adjusted the tone curve.

Making these global adjustments before making local adjustments is critical because adjusting these after making local adjustments will adjust the entire image, including the local adjustment areas. So when you have your local adjustments just right, any global adjustments you make after can create a huge mess of your local adjustments.




Eye Whitening

 The first preset is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset. This local adjustment brush preset is used to whiten and brighten the whites of the eyes. Two secrets to applying this adjustment is to turn on Auto Mask, set the feather slider to 35 and zoom in at least 1:1, 3:1 if you need to have a little more control.


Then paint with the brush in the white areas of the eyes. The whites of the eyes will soften a little and whiten and brighten up. If you look at the before photo (above) and the after photo (right) you can see a subtle difference. The important thing to remember is that the eyes need to be properly exposed to begin with for this brush preset to be most effective.

 
 
 



Dark Blue Eyes

 The CMS-Iris Enhance - DK Blue local adjustment brush preset is used to enhance blue eyes, to make the blue pop with a darker tint.


It can also be used to change the color of the subject’s eyes.

The photo on the right has the effect painted onto one eye and not the other to give a great representation of the effect.

Also applied here is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset, mentioned above to give you a glimpse of the combined impact of the two effects. Apply this brush to the iris of the eye only.

 
 



Dark Green Eyes

 The CMS-Iris Enhance - DK Green local adjustment brush preset is used to enhance greenish or blue eyes, to make the green pop with a darker tint.


It can also be used to change the color of the subject’s eyes.

The photo on the right has the effect painted onto one eye and not the other to give a great representation of the effect.

Also applied here is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset, mentioned above to give you a glimpse of the combined impact of the two effects. Apply this brush to the iris of the eye only.

 
 



Hazel Eyes

 The CMS-Iris Enhance - Hazel local adjustment brush preset is used to enhance green to hazel, to make the hazel pop with a lighter tint.


It can also be used to change the color of the subject’s eyes.

The photo on the right has the effect painted onto one eye and not the other to give a great representation of the effect.

Also applied here is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset, mentioned above to give you a glimpse of the combined impact of the two effects. Apply this brush to the iris of the eye only.

 
 



Light Blue Eyes

 The CMS-Iris Enhance - LtBlue local adjustment brush preset is used to enhance grey to blue, to make the blue pop with a lighter tint.


It can also be used to change the color of the subject’s eyes.

The photo on the right has the effect painted onto one eye and not the other to give a great representation of the effect.

Also applied here is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset, mentioned above to give you a glimpse of the combined impact of the two effects. Apply this brush to the iris of the eye only.

 
 



Light Green Eyes

 The CMS-Iris Enhance - LtGreen local adjustment brush preset is used to enhance green to blue, to make the green pop with a lighter tint.


It can also be used to change the color of the subject’s eyes.

The photo on the right has the effect painted onto one eye and not the other to give a great representation of the effect.

Also applied here is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset, mentioned above to give you a glimpse of the combined impact of the two effects. Apply this brush to the iris of the eye only.

 
 



No Color Eyes Enhanced

 The photo on the right has the effect painted onto one eye and not the other to give a great representation of the effect.


Also applied here is the CMS-Eyes – Whiten preset, mentioned above to give you a glimpse of the combined impact of the two effects. Apply this brush to the iris of the eye only.

Download Entire Set Here

To install the preset, copy the file in the zip (xxx.lrtemplate) to your Local Adjustment Presets folder on your computer. If you don't know where to find this folder, open Lightroom. Click on Edit menu and select Preferences. Click on the Presets tab and click the Show Lightroom Presets Folder... button.