[Gamoe]

Hello,

I've been using Photoshop for a while now, but I don't know how to reduce or eliminate red eye in photos. How, exactly, would I go about doing this?

[gatorparrots]

This tutorial is specifically about "demonic pet eyes", but the technique also applies for human red eyes:
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/peteyes/peteyes.htm

Also, the Sponge tool set for "Desaturate" mode can be effective for removing a red tint from eyes.

[andi*pandi]

andromeda software sells a filter. It seems to basically desaturate... but does a nice job in fewer steps.

http://www.andromeda.com/

[calimehtar]

unlike demonic pet eyes, human red eye tends to be a bit more localized so you don't necessarily have to do as drastic an adjustment to get the red-eye out. Heres what I do:[list=1][*]select the area affected with the lasoo tool... feather the selection 1-3 pixels depending on the resolution of the original[*]using hue/saturation, turn the saturation down considerably and adjust the hue. You should be able to get this somewhere in a reasonable range close to the natural colour of the iris[*]using brightness/contrast or curves increase the contrast and darkness of the area so that the glow looks more like a reflection[/list=1]
You'll probably find that the ideal solution lies somewhere between my suggestion and the one suggested in the demonic pet eyes tutorial -- you'll probably want to do a manual touch-up if you're a perfectionist.

[andreas_g4]

This one works good.

http://studio.adobe.com/learn/tips/phs7redeye/main.html

[calimehtar]

is it just me or does the baby come out looking like an alien with blue contacts in the last photo?

[Gamoe]

Thanks for all the info and links, guys! When I first posted I wasn't aware that there wasn't a particular command for the red eye problem.

Now I know pretty much how to best go about it in Photoshop, thanks to your feedback. I know iPhoto has a red eye reduction command, but I'm not running Mac OS X and I doubt that it's as good as doing it manually in Photoshop.

I much rather just avoid the red eye all togther, though. So far, I've not have that problem with pictures taken with my new Canon.

[DeathMan]

If you want to avoid redeye, you'll have to use an external flash. The reason you get red-eye is because the light hits the pupil from the same angle that you're capturing the image, and for some reason this shows up red. (IIRC, the pupil actually looks red). If you flash from the side, you won't get that.

The redeye reduction just flashes a couple times before hand to shrink down the pupil so it doesn't show so badly.


Also, that baby looks weird because (among other reasons) there is no variation in the blue. its like this big solid blue color (probably a big too bright too)

[andi*pandi]

hmmm, both these tutorials seem to be advocating just redrawing the eyes... Not a good solution unless the pic is tiny!

now the andromeda filter is looking better and better.

[Gamoe]

andi*pandi wrote:

hmmm, both these tutorials seem to be advocating just redrawing the eyes... Not a good solution unless the pic is tiny!

now the andromeda filter is looking better and better.

I'll have to give that a try. Most of my photos are taken at full 4 megapixels. You'd think that after spending major $$ on Photoshop you wouldn't have to spend more for photo-editing software, though! I'll try it by hand, first...

[DeathMan]

Yeah, don't try to redraw the eyes. just make a selection of the eye, and reduce the saturation, then tweak it a little with the hue slider. Just use a more subtle color than you think you should, and you'll be fine. better a grey eye than a flourescent satan eye.