Red Eye Removal

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Don Deacon
Jan 2, 2005
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Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don

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Paul Burdett
Jan 2, 2005
Hi Don,
Try these and see what you think:

Red-eye removal:

Use marquee tool (or your fav selection tool) to highlight the pupil. Open your channels palette, and select the green channel. Ctrl + C (PC) to copy green. Select the red channel and Ctrl + V to paste green channel to red. Select the RGB channel and deselect marquee.

Red-eye removal:

1.Make a Channel mixer adjustment layer and set the Red channel to Red 0%, Green 50%, Blue 50%. Don’t get scared you’ll get a completely off color image.

2.Now select the mask of the adjustment layer and fill it with black by pressing Alt-Backspace. As the last step select the paint brush and paint on the mask with white to reveal the effect of the adjustment layer. Select the paint brush the size of the red spot in the eye.

"Don Deacon" wrote in message
Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don
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harrylimey
Jan 2, 2005
You could try this too:

Set the foreground colour to black, select the colour replacement tool – under the healing brush in the toolbox, click on the red area in the eyes, and then paint it away – the brush snaps to the red colour – out of interest move your cursor over the tool’s icon in the Toolbox, the eye in the icon changes to red.

Harry

"Don Deacon" wrote in message
Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don
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Don Deacon
Jan 2, 2005
This color replacement tool method is what I have tried and though my foreground color is black, the pupils are turning out grey and don’t look right.

Harry Limey wrote:

You could try this too:

Set the foreground colour to black, select the colour replacement tool – under the healing brush in the toolbox, click on the red area in the eyes, and then paint it away – the brush snaps to the red colour – out of interest move your cursor over the tool’s icon in the Toolbox, the eye in the icon changes to red.

Harry

"Don Deacon" wrote in message

Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don

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Jan 2, 2005
in article YrLBd.14674$, Don Deacon at
wrote on 01/01/2005 9:15 PM:

Hoping someone can help me out here

What are you willing to pay to get that help?
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MOP
Jan 2, 2005
"Don Deacon" wrote in message
Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:
Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don

It’s quite difficult to get rid of red eye, as just removing the colour leaves a rather strange looking eye.
if you have a pic without red eye cut the eyes from it and paste in the images where you have the problem, they don’t even need to be that persons eyes, anyones eyes will do you just have to change the colour. MOP
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patrick
Jan 2, 2005
You’ll get a number of useful suggestions for removing red-eye. Actually, you’re on the right track already. This is why you’re getting frustrating results just now. . . .

You have properly set your options correctly, especially with the blend mode set to Color. This mode preserves the *tonal* variations of your image as you replace the colors. However, by intent, it does NOT effect the *luminosity* of the pixels you are correcting. That’s why you get a variety of grays instead of a black. PS is preserving the luminance of the replaced pixels and replacing only the hue and saturation. The only way the Color Replacement tool could result in a black pixel would be if it were replacing an already black pixel (that is, the pixel already had a zero luminosity).

If you’re trying to replace red-eye in the pupil, just use the brush tool with the foreground color set to black. That works for the pupil because it’s presumed to be a solid black anyway, with no tonal variations, so you don’t mind painting with a flat black..

If the red-eye splashes over into the iris, then go back to the Color Replacement tool and do you what you’re doing now. However, add one more step by repeating the procedure and setting your blend mode to luminance. The first swipe replaces the hue and saturation of the red pixels with various shades of gray, while the second replaces luminance of those gray pixels with the luminance of your foreground color (black, zero). Effectively, you’re painting the carefully selected pixels ("once" option), and *only* the selected pixels, with a solid black.

There are a number of other to get rid of Red Eye but your approach is just fine and will eventually lead you to further understanding of the wondermous Color Replacement tool.

Good question!
Good luck!
.. . . . patrick

"MOP" wrote in message
"Don Deacon" wrote in message
Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:
Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don
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JD
Jan 2, 2005
Don Deacon wrote:

Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don

Try this:

How To Remove Red Eye:

Select Layer, Adjustment Layer, Channel Mixer.

Set Red to 0%, Blue and Green to 50%. It’s going to look off color.

Select the Mask of the Adjustment layer and fill it with black by hitting Alt-Backspace.

Paint the mask to reveal the color under the red eye.



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MALdito
Jan 2, 2005
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jeffc
Jan 2, 2005
I like red eye removal tool in PhotoShop Elements 3.0. You chose the tool and there are two options; one is pupil size and the other is darken amount both in percentage. You just click inside the red pupil and it does an excellent job.

May be Adobe in their next version of CS should implement some of nice features of PhotoShop Elements!!

You can download trial version of Elements 3.0 and give it a try.

"Don Deacon" wrote in message
Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don
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Brian K
Jan 4, 2005
I use a red-eye plugin from another Adobe prog. Very easy, quick and a good result. Just put a rectangular marquee around the eyes and click on the plugin. I’ll email it if you desire.

Brian

"Don Deacon" wrote in message
Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:
Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don
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NewGroups
Jan 4, 2005
The version of Photoshop that’s now in Beta has a redeye tool already built in.

On 01/04/2005 02:07:45 "Brian K" <iibntgyea4 > wrote:

I use a red-eye plugin from another Adobe prog. Very easy, quick and a good result. Just put a rectangular marquee around the eyes and click on the plugin. I’ll email it if you desire.

Brian

"Don Deacon" wrote in message

Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50% Anti-aliased on For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA Don
BK
Brian K
Jan 4, 2005
Good. Several years late.

"NewGroups" wrote in message
The version of Photoshop that’s now in Beta has a redeye tool already built
in.
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Hecate
Jan 5, 2005
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:40:57 GMT, "Brian K" <iibntgyea4
wrote:

Good. Several years late.
Unless it does it as well as current techniques it’s just another bit of marketing bling.



Hecate – The Real One

veni, vidi, reliqui
DD
Don Deacon
Jan 5, 2005
Ya thanks I have already done that and I agree it’s lot easier (and works well), than CS.

Don

Dr. J wrote:

I like red eye removal tool in PhotoShop Elements 3.0. You chose the tool and there are two options; one is pupil size and the other is darken amount both in percentage. You just click inside the red pupil and it does an excellent job.

May be Adobe in their next version of CS should implement some of nice features of PhotoShop Elements!!

You can download trial version of Elements 3.0 and give it a try.

"Don Deacon" wrote in message

Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don

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TechMind
Jan 8, 2005
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Hoping someone can help me out here as I’m using the Photoshop Evaluation version to edit some pics and evaluate Photoshop but for the life of me I can’t get a decent red eye cleaned up. I’m using the Color Replacement tool as is suggested in the Help file with the following settings:

Mode: Color
Sampling: Once
Limits: Discontiguous
Tolerance: Varied from 30-50%
Anti-aliased on
For the most part, the parts of the eye I want changed get changed but the color is wrong. I can set the foreground color to pure black but the color that gets put in is grey. If I select other colors (blue for example), they go in fine. This has been driving me nuts as I’ve been trying to decide which photo program to switch to and so far I like Photoshop but this is the one thing I can’t get working. I’ve been using Microsoft PhotoDraw for a while but have been looking at Photoshop, PaintShop Pro and GIMP.

TIA
Don

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