How do i brighten just the eyes of a subject?

[Arnold L.]

So i shoot my underwater pics in RAW and love affinity photo ipad. I find it so difficult taking pics of black fish bc the eyes don’t show up. How can I just brighten the eyes of the black subject and not the rest of the pic? I don’t want to change the eye color just brighten to its natural color. Thanks so much!!!

[MEB]

Hi Arnold L.,
Welcome to Affinity Forums

You can do it both in Develop and Photo Personas. In Develop Persona you can use an overlay (tap the overlay Studio on the right) using the brush on the top of the studio to paint over the eyes, then from the Basic Studio use the Exposure or Brightness slider to adjust the area you just painted.

If Photo Persona the process is similar. Select the eyes with one of the selections tools, then pick an appropriate adjustment from the Adjustments Studio (Brightness / Contrast or Exposure etc) and adjust the settings from the context toolbar on bottom.