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Using the red eye brush


Red eye occurs when light from an on-camera flash reflects off the back of the eye. You can easily remove red eye from an image using the red eye brush. You can also use the red eye brush to retouch other details in an image, such as braces.

To use the red eye brush:

1 Select the red eye brush ().

2 Choose a brush size from the pop-up palette in the options bar. To learn more about using pop-up palettes, see Using pop-up palettes.

3 Specify a target color (the color you want to remove) by doing one of the following:
  • To set the target color when you click in the image, choose First Click from the Sampling pop-up menu.
  • To use the default target color, choose Current Color from the Sampling pop-up menu. Then click Default Colors.
  • To pick a custom target color, choose Current Color from the Sampling pop-up menu. Then click the Current color swatch. When the color picker appears, click in the image on the color you want to remove. Alternately, you can choose a target color using the color picker.

    • 4 Specify a replacement color by doing one of the following:
  • To use the default replacement color, click Default Colors.

    • Note: Clicking Default Colors also resets the target color.
  • To pick a custom replacement color, click the Replacement color swatch, and pick the color that you want to use for the correction.

    • 5 Specify a value for Tolerance. The tolerance defines how similar in color a pixel must be to be replaced. A low percentage replaces adjacent pixels within a range of color values very similar to the pixel you click. A high percentage replaces adjacent pixels within a broader range of color values.

    If a person has pinkish skin, the red eye brush might have problems differentiating between the pupil's red eye and the face. Specifying a lower tolerance might help.

    6 If desired, click the Brush Dynamics button (), and set brush dynamics options. (See Specifying the effect of stylus pressure and Specifying a paint fade-out rate.)

    7 Drag in the image over the details you want to correct. Any pixels that match the target color are colorized with the replacement color.

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