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David T. Hughes
 

Fixing green eye


Hello,
I'ver searched and serched but cannot find a way to fix green eye ("red eye" in animals. I use Photoshop Elements (3 and 4) as well as Photoshop CS - though Elements seems substantailly easier to me.

Thank you,
David Hughes


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October 11, 2005

 

Brendan Knell
  In Elements 3(4 probably also has it) it has a red eye removal tool, so I would assume that it would work for green eye also.


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anonymous
  Use your magic wand, click on the "green eye" then go to hue/saturation and fiddle with it until you get the colour you want.

I think this should work. Not sure of all the commands though.


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October 11, 2005

 

BetterPhoto Member
  Green (red) eye comes from the flash being too close to the line of the film-lens-subject line. The light reflect s from the rods and cones in the eye and bounces back in a straight line. Remove the flash from the camera body with a sync chord and a flash bar or get a camera with red eye reduction, which fires a short blast before expose to close the pupils thus reducing red eye flare. Many camera stores also sell red eye removal pens which darken in the brightened pupils with darker ink, but this might reduce the longevity of the print with immediate mixed results. The flash fixes are the best way to go if this is a great concern. Thank you.


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