Photo Color Correction

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

Red Eye Removal

Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal

There is a photo color correction technique for the common camera flash/exposure problem which requires red eye removal.

Magnify the image to select the red eyes with the magic wand. (Make sure the wand setting is not too high, or more than the red will be selected; press enter to see the palette and check/change the setting.)

Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal > Zoom

Feather the selection (Select > Feather > 1)

Zoom out and back to 1:1.

Press Ctrl-H to hide the "marching ants" (moving outline).

Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation

Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal > Hue/Saturation

In the Master color control panel, adjust the Saturation, lowering it to remove the red.

Lower/adjust the Lightness if necessary.

Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal > Hue/Saturation

These steps remove the red but the eyes become too gray (no color). To offset the side effect, Colorize.

Check the Colorize box.

Lower the Saturation.

Lower/adjust the Lightness if necessary.

You can also change the Hue to match the correct eye color (brown/blue/green).

Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal > Hue/Saturation > Colorize

Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal > Before Photo Color Correction > Red Eye Removal > After
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