Here's another one of those very frequently asked
questions. I know it has been answered in numerous tutorials before,
but now that you're here why not give it a try? Besides: this methods
is, as usual, very simple and quite satisfying.
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Open your photograph with redeye |
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Use the zoom tool, zoom in a couple of times till you've got a clear view of the work area |
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Click the Selection tool, choose settings as shown here |
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Select all of the pupil. |
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Go Selections > Modify > Feather and make feather =1 or 2. Now the selection should include all of the pupil, and about one pixel of the iris. |
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Color > Colorize. Hue is not important here, but drop the saturation to 0. This will eliminate the red. |
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Color > Adjust > Brightness/Contrast: |
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Drop the brightness to -10% |
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Deselect, and start the same procedure with the next eye. |
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This is, you must admit, quite an improvement! |
I sincerely hope this little tutorial will help those who, till now, had trouble improving their photographs! If you have any need for a specific tutorial, just send me a note: I'll be very glad to help if I can! |
That's all, folks!
© Fried Kampes - Randwijk, the Netherlands, January 2000