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Title: red eye removal?
Post by: caymanreview on December 18, 2004, 04:27:51 AM
took some pics tonight in the field for the first time. got some red eyes in some of them

any software i can use that i can easily remove these red eyes?
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: Roamer on December 20, 2004, 02:38:27 PM
I known of two that can do it for free:
http://www.jdmcox.com/RedEye.exe
http://www.irfanview.com/
I haven't really tried them, so you have to test a bit yourself, but it's free, there are not too big, and IrfanView can do a lot more (Viewer, Image Conversion, Resize pictures ...).
You also have that option in Adobe PhotoDeluxe and probably PhotoShop ...
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: BlueEyes17el on December 20, 2004, 10:57:14 PM
I use PaintShopPro7. Lots of manual features. It works pretty good. I found that some of the automatic Red Eye Romoval features on diff programs don't work on some of my pictures.
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: hyperplane on December 21, 2004, 01:49:18 AM
the aforementioned programs will work. i find that results are generally much better with a little bit of practice using something like Photoshop as opposed to "presets" or "plugins."

but PaintShop Pro, from what i understand, is quite comperable to Photoshop in many ways... as is a freeware program called GIMP.
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: heath on December 21, 2004, 09:39:42 AM
VERY easy to do in photoshop...just use the red-eye-removal tool.

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Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: Nick S. on December 21, 2004, 10:02:29 AM
Visine always did the trick for me   :P

I know, I know soooo funny . . .
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: dmonterisi on December 21, 2004, 10:14:02 AM
Quote from: Nick S. on December 21, 2004, 10:02:29 AM
Visine always did the trick for me   :P

I know, I know soooo funny . . .

what did you grow up in the catskills or something? :P
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: phrazelle on January 19, 2005, 01:14:20 PM
If you use a red-eye removing tool, All it does is convert the spot you click into black and white.  You can just edit the pic in photoshop or even paintbrush to convert the eye area into b/w.  Ive had decent results just dotting the red out with a black brush also.
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: dmonterisi on January 19, 2005, 01:19:15 PM
the best way i've found in photoshop is to zoom all the way in to the pixel level, then use the magic wand to select the red in the pupil.  then do a levels adjustment and move the sliders all the way to the right, effectively converting the red to black.  this has given me the best results with minimal effort.
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: jmon on January 19, 2005, 06:04:11 PM
yeah, you can do the same thing in Photoshop with Image>Adjustments>Replace Color....

Select the area first, then go to Replace color...It will show your selection, and you can select the color you want to change with the eydropper, then you can change that color to any other color...
Title: Re: red eye removal?
Post by: BobW on January 21, 2005, 08:42:14 PM
Quote from: phrazelle on January 19, 2005, 01:14:20 PM
If you use a red-eye removing tool, All it does is convert the spot you click into black and white.  You can just edit the pic in photoshop or even paintbrush to convert the eye area into b/w.  Ive had decent results just dotting the red out with a black brush also.

Sometimes it's more realistic to add in a small catch-light(small white speck in the pupil) after doing the above.
That simulates the flash-reflection off the eye.   
Notice that most pro shots have three catch lights from the multiple flashes.