eliminating red eye

[larry_selter@adobeforums.com]

I downloaded my pictures to iphoto and eliminated the "red eye" in some of the pictures. When I open them in photoshop the red eye is still present. How does one eliminate red eye using photoshop?

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

try the sponge tool (desaturates) set to a small size using the left square bracket key to tap it down in size. Zoom in extremely close so you can desaturate only the pixels that are red. Always work on a saved copy of your original image, saved as a new name so you will always have your original preserved to revert back to just in case you want to try another method.

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

Read the FAQs thats what they are for.

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

And tell your subjects to put off drinking that gallon of vodka until after the shoot.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Get your flash as far away from your lens as you possibly can.

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Cyan contacts?

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

Close eyes then paint non-reflective eyes on eyelids.

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

Tell everyone you grew up in a white rabbit family.

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Grinning apologies, Larry...

This is just one of those questions that gets asked so often that we regulars are just looking for a way to make it a little less mundane.

Google for "Photoshop Eliminate Red Eye" and you'll find more info than you can handle.

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

Google for "Photoshop Eliminate Red Eye"




Or read the FAQs.

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

Buko, just for fun, I did a search on "Red eye" in the FAQ's and only came up with "Red Eye Removal and Health Warning!!!"

I thought there were 10,000 techniques for removing red eye, and not the thread about the health warning, somewhere in the FAQ's. Do you know where they are?

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

"Red Eye Removal and Health Warning!!!"

thats it. all 10,000 techniques

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

I'm going to put all 10,000 techniques into one action that will fix red eye for good.

The Red Eye Eliminator!

[barry_gray@adobeforums.com]

"The Kenimator"

[Ken_Nielsen@adobeforums.com]

Right, the action will layer a trendy 'LA Look' set of sunglasses on the individual.

Seriously, this is also one of my favorites (from the FAQ's:)

Select the red part of the eye with the marquee tool or Quick Mask.

Use Image>Adjustments>Channel Mixer

Make sure you are in the red output channel.

Set the red source channel to 0%, and the green and blue to 50% each to compensate and hit OK.

[Allen_Wicks@adobeforums.com]

It would be nice if Adobe would fix the Forum search engine so it works for redeye and red eye. This is clearly THE most common query.