How To Remove Red Eye In An Image

Sample Red Eye In A Photo

In this tutorial I will show you how to effectively remove red eye from an image. The image I am using in this tutorial needs to be edited because the girl’s eyes appear red due to the camera flash reflecting at the back of her eyes. The tools I will use are, the colour replacement tool, the burn tool and the blur tool.

Step 1: Open Adobe Photoshop and import the image you want to edit.

Step 2: Use the zoom tool to zoom in closer on the girl’s eyes.

Close Up Of The Red Eyes

Step 3: Make sure the foreground and background are black and white.

Colour Picker For The Foreground

Step 4: Select the colour replacement tool and set the size to approximately 15 pixels. Set the sampling to background swash. Then begin to click and drag on the red part of the eyes.

The Colour Replacement Tool In Effect

Step 5: Select the burn tool and set the size to 25 pixels and select the mode “shadows”. Click and drag over the pupils.

The Burn Tool In Effect

Step 6: Select the blur tool and set the size to 5 pixels and the strength to 15%. Click and drag around the outside of the pupils to make them look smoother.

The Blur Tool In Effect

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