Adjusting Red-Eye Options

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Even though the Red-eye Removal feature can automatically correct a wide range of red-eye effects, sometimes you'll need to adjust the settings yourself.

Adjusting the Selection Area

In this example, the automatic selection process selected an area that is too small for the woman 's eyes, so the selection area needs to be resized.

Move the selection box if it is not exactly in the correct position.

NOTE

Because the default settings can automatically correct a wide range of red-eye effects, you might only need to click the eye. However, in the next section, you'll see how to customize the selection area and red-eye options.

Adjusting Settings

There are settings for the iris area around the pupil, the pupil lightness and glint, feathering the selection, and blurring the area.

Modifying Iris Size

When you're correcting the eye, look at the corrected eye in the right preview box and determine whether you need to modify the iris area around the pupil.

Adjusting the Pupil

Determine whether the pupil should be lighter or darker , and, if necessary, adjust the settings.

Modifying Glint

A glint in the eye adds a natural, lively look to the eye, whereas absence of a glint makes the eye dull.

Refining the Eye Settings

Look at the eye in the left preview box. If part of the eye is obscured in the original image, adjust the corrected eye to look the same. For example, if the eyelid is covering part of the eye in the original, you should make it look that way in the corrected eye. Use the Refine, Blur, and Feather settings to make refinements.

NOTE

As you correct the next eye, the controls retain their settings from the first correction, making it much easier to correct the second eye. When you select the next eye, the previously corrected eye still has a circle around it. You can click this circle to go back and make further corrections to the eye.

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