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Red-eye removal
It's not always possible to prevent unsightly red-eye when taking photos of people. The good news is that it can be removed with image editing software. Many programs have a special tool to remove the red color simply by clicking a few buttons.
You can also eliminate red-eye if your program has a tool to desatuarte color. When desaturated, colors are converted to varying tones of black and white known as grayscale. The red color changes to grayscale without changing the actual lightness of each pixel.
The red-eye in this color corrected photo was removed using the sponge tool in Photoshop 7.
- Select the sponge tool.
- Choose a brush size large enough to cover a single eye.
- Select the desaturate mode.
- Place the brush on each eye and click the mouse until the red color is gone.
The image was also edited to remove the color cast.
