Red Eye

[SoSueMe]

No, not the drink you bunch of booze hounds!

Red eye in photos, how do you go about 1) not having it in the first place and 2) eliminating it in Photoshop?

Thanks people.

The next beverage-style Red Eye is on me.

 

[Ellis Redding]

No, not the drink you bunch of booze hounds!

Red eye in photos, how do you go about 1) not having it in the first place and 2) eliminating it in Photoshop?

Thanks people.

The next beverage-style Red Eye is on me.

One tactic in Photoshop is to use the eyedropper to copy the girl's eye color, then use the pencil tool over the red, with a black spot in the middle. That's usually how I do it, since my version of Photoshop doesn't have the redeye reducer.

 

[John]

To avoid it in the first place, don't aim the flash right at the person's eyes. It's hard to avoid if you don't have a detachable, professional-style flash.

 

[SoSueMe]

To avoid it in the first place, don't aim the flash right at the person's eyes. It's hard to avoid if you don't have a detachable, professional-style flash.

I know, unfortunately, I have old stuff and no money. And tonight, it just happened that two good shots ended up with red eye. First time in a long time.

PS - Thanks Ellis, we'll try it!

 

[fishwrapper]

If that doesn't work...
You can try the pen tool, clip out the entire iris.
This leaves total abyss where the eyes were.
Kind of creepy, but people will notice.

 

[BYH]

Excellent movie.

 

[BYH]

Excellent movie.

I thought this thread was about that, too.

Every time Rachel McAdams appears on screen, kittens die.

 

[FishHack76]

I thought it was the free newspaper from the Chicago Tribune

 

[Ellis Redding]

I thought it was the free newspaper from the Chicago Tribune

Also true. And it's fantastic.

 

[somewriter]

I misread the title as Brown Eye and thought this was another of Boots' threads.

 

[fishwrapper]

I have red eye all the time...

 

[SoSueMe]

I have red eye all the time...

Gross.

 

[joe]

Thought it was about a Clyde Edgerton book.

 

[Ghost of Biff Pocoroba]

If you'll touch up red eye, what's next?

 

[fishwrapper]

If you'll touch up red eye, what's next?

Oh, c'mon.
That's a bit conspiratorial, don't you think? Photographers have been sharpening, adjusting de-specking since the beginning of the art. As long as the information isn't altered, we're good.

 

[zeke12]

I use the clone stamp in photoshop, but you have to go down to pixel level, and don't run the picture too big.

 

[SoSueMe]

If you'll touch up red eye, what's next?

Oh, c'mon.
That's a bit conspiratorial, don't you think? Photographers have been sharpening, adjusting de-specking since the beginning of the art. As long as the information isn't altered, we're good.

Agreed Fish. It's not like we're giving someone a third arm. Or taking the person's eyes away.

 

[CitizenTino]

If you'll touch up red eye, what's next?

Oh, c'mon.
That's a bit conspiratorial, don't you think? Photographers have been sharpening, adjusting de-specking since the beginning of the art. As long as the information isn't altered, we're good.

Agreed Fish. It's not like we're giving someone a third arm. Or taking the person's eyes away.

I'm with fishwrapper and SoSueMe. Nobody walks around with glowing red eyes (well, unless they're Satan). To fix red eyes in photos is more a case of trying to compensate for a flaw in technology than 'doctoring' a photo. If anything, NOT touching it up leaves a photo that is less true to life.

But I'm a writer, so what the hell would I know about photography.