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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.
Open your photograph with redeye
Use the zoom tool, zoom in a couple of times till you've got a clear view of the work area
Click the Selection tool, choose settings as shown here
Select all of the pupil.

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.

Color > Colorize. Hue is not important here, but drop the saturation to 0. This will eliminate the red.

Color > Adjust > Brightness/Contrast:

Drop the brightness to -10%
Deselect, and start the same procedure with the next eye.
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!

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© Fried Kampes - Randwijk, the Netherlands, January 2000