- What does the eye color change actually do?
- It generates one new photograph in which the iris is the color you named and the eye still reads as a real eye: stroma texture through the color, a darker rim, a fully black pupil at its original size, and your original catchlight where it was. What comes back is a single image filling the frame, with the background continuing past all four sides — no before-and-after split, no side-by-side pair, no color-swatch chips and no drawn frame.
- Will it look real, and does it work on dark brown eyes?
- Dark brown is the case people ask about, and it is the largest jump: a pale grey-blue over a dark iris is a full re-render rather than a tint, so it is the one worth checking closely. Open the result at full size and look at the pupil edge, the limbal ring and the catchlight. A flat, evenly colored disc, an enlarged or greyed pupil, or a catchlight that has drifted are the failures to watch for.
- Does it whiten my eyes or smooth my skin as well?
- No. The iris is the only thing that changes. It does not brighten the whites of your eyes, it does not remove visible vessels, and it does not smooth your lids, lashes or under-eye skin — none of that was asked for, so none of it happens. Those edits usually travel together in portrait tools, and it is that bundle, rather than the color, that makes a face read as retouched. So the whites come back as they were, tired or veined or both, the lashes and lids keep their texture, and no beauty smoothing is applied anywhere in the frame. One limit, stated plainly: this is a newly generated photograph rather than a pixel edit of the file you uploaded, so fine detail across the frame can shift a little. Nothing is being cleaned up on purpose, and it will not hand you back whiter eyes than you have.
- Can I use my own photo?
- Yes, and it is the only way the page tells you anything about you. Attach a clear front-facing photo with your eyes open and in focus, and the iris is the only thing addressed: face shape, skin, eye shape, lids, lashes, brows, expression, makeup, hair, clothing, lighting and background all stay as they are. It builds a new image from your photo rather than editing the file you uploaded, so look at the result before you rely on it. Without a photo it invents a person instead, and it will not depict a real public figure.
- How many credits does one eye color change cost?
- Each run costs 8 credits and returns one 1K square image. Trying three shades on the same portrait is three runs. New accounts start with credits to spend, and membership credits work the same way here as anywhere else on YouArt.