Photoshop Tutorial : One Click Red-Eye Removal

By Jennifer | Jun 26 2007 |

We’ve all seen photographs of people where the subject has “red eye”. Sometimes it’s mild or there is just a hint of red-eye, other times it makes the person look like the Terminator!

Red eye happens when the light from a flash enters the subject’s pupil and is reflected off the retina at the back of the eye and comes back out to the camera. The reflection appears red because the retina is full of thin blood vessels.

Many cameras now have a “red-eye” reduction option which fires a burst of flashes just before the actual flash is fired and a photograph is taken. This can certainly help prevent red-eye but it doesn’t always stop it. Another way to help reduce red eye, is to tell the subject not to look directly at the camera or if possible, increase the room lighting.

Of course, if these tactics fail, you can always use our beloved Photoshop. It literally takes one click with the Red eye tool.

The Red Eye Tool
The Red Eye tool in Photoshop removes red eye in flash photos of people and white or green reflections in flash photos of animals.


1. Select the Red Eye tool from the toolbox. It may be hidden beneath the Spot Healing Brush tool.


2. Click in the red eye on the image


The eye should change to a dark pupil.

Severe Red Eye

Sometimes the repair doesn’t work out as you expected, so try setting one or both of the following options in the options toolbar and click in the red eye again:
Pupil Size sets the size of the pupil (dark center of the eye). Darken Pupil sets the darkness of the pupil. Open an image of a person with severe red eye.


With the red eye tool selected, click on the red eye area on the image.
The results can be seen below.


It’s not perfect, BUT, it still is a dramatic improvement on the initial red eye problem.

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3 Responses to “Photoshop Tutorial : One Click Red-Eye Removal”

  1. Sera on June 27th, 2007 9:29 pm

    I *always* show up in pictures with red eyes. This is a good tutorial!

  2. jennyrusks on June 28th, 2007 9:39 am

    Thanks Sera. Yep, some people seem more prone to it than others. I think I might have read somewhere that it happens more with people with blue eyes?

  3. sonal on January 30th, 2008 9:35 pm

    heyy

    thank you sooo much!!
    I have lotss of pictures like this and I’ve been looking 4 this tutorial 4 agesss!!!

    Short and good tutorial!!

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