Photoshop CS turns red eyes gray

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Jimmy319
Feb 25, 2004
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Been trying to fix red eyes in Photoshop CS.

I followed the tutorial that came with it. – Using the color replacement tool, settings, and picking black.

When I then "paint" the eye, it goes grey, not black.

If I pick another colour like red, it goes pink – always a really light version of whatever I picked.

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Rob_Keijzer
Feb 25, 2004
Check the "Opacity" and "Flow" values in the option bar. Are they what they’re supposed to be?
Play with the brush props as well.
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Jimmy319
Feb 25, 2004
There is no opacity and flow controls when using the color replacement tool. Only get them with the brush tool
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Marshall_Ponzi
Feb 25, 2004
If the eye’s are initially really bright red, that may be the problem.

The color replacement tool only replaces the color value, not the luminosity (the color’s apparent brightness). Therefore, the bright red gets replaced with bright grey. The red-eye goes away, but the subjects looks like something from "Night of the Living Dead."

I hope someone will suggest a better method, but here’s what I’ve been doing.

Once I have gray eyes
1) Select the paint brush tool. Use a soft edge brush. Need to use your experience for brush size. Depends on actual photo.

2)Set opacity 30%-40%.

3)Select Black as the foreground color.

4)Set the brush blending mode to MULTIPLY. This will darken the iris without hiding any present highlight detail of the eye.

5)Slowly paint around the iris until it looks right. Each stroke darkens it a little more.

6) Be careful not to obliterate any catchlight or highlight present in the photo. This is what gives the eye depth and realizm. If you just paint with black, your subject will look like they’re wearing black contact lenses.

I find I don’t need to do this if the red-eyes are more maroon in color. It’s only necessary when the look "illuminated" red.

Marshall
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dave_milbut
Feb 26, 2004
The color replacement tool only replaces the color value, not the luminosity (

I suspect that’s right. Another regular an I went over this right after cs came out. You can search the forums for that if you like. look for my name and red eye and color replace

I hope someone will suggest a better method,

there’s always the FAQ.

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I prefer method 2, but admit to cheating and using method 1 if the red eye isn’t too bad.

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