Level 2 Plus

Lesson 15

Fixing Red Eye

Red eye is a major problem in flash photography.

Introduction

In this lesson we will learn how to zoom in on the eyes in our images. We will give you two very easy methods of correcting red eye.

In the “Photo Well”, click on the image that you wish to work on.

A blue border will highlight the selected image.

In the Main menu, click on:

[ Edit ]

Then click on:

[ Go to Standard Edit… ]

Select the “Zoom Tool” by clicking on:

[ Magnifying Glass ]

Here we have shown both eyes in position for red eye removal.

We are not really removing the eyes, so it probably should be called red eye conversion.

Select the:

[ Red Eye Correction Tool ]

With the “Red Eye Removal Tool” selected, click once directly on a red area of the pupil.

The red will be replaced with a neutral color.

We can now fine-tune the size of the pupil as shown.

We can now fine-tune the darkness of the pupil as shown.

With the “Red Eye Removal Tool” selected, drag it over one red eye area. This will result in a square selection around the entire eye.

The red will be replaced with neutral color as shown.

We can now fine-tune the size and darkness of the pupil the same way we did in Steps #9b and #9c above.

You can judge the results from the before & after images.

Now we should exit the “Quick Fix” screen and save the changes to our image.

The methods for exiting & saving were outlined in Lessons #5 & #6.

Remember, these changes only occur on a copy of the original, not on the original photo itself. Both images will appear in the “Photo Well” as shown here.

Summary

In this lesson we learned how to zoom in on the eyes in our images. We outlined two easy methods of correcting red eye.