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davidh84114562
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March 28, 2020
Question

Red eye reduction not working correctly

  • March 28, 2020
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I am unable to get Red Eye Reduction to work. I have the tool highlighted and size and amount at 50%. When I click on a pupil I get this bar that slowly crawls across and  says that PS is loking for red eyes and then I click on the pupil and a gray doscoloration appears around the eye. What am I doing wrong>

Why is this bar appearing and why is the discolaration so large?

Thanks

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jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 28, 2020

The Red Eye tool does one thing: it looks for the red in the area where you click and darkens it. It doesn't care if that area is in the eyes or mouth or in another red object. I'm not seeing any red in your subject's eyes, so this tool may not work.

 

Can you show a screen shot of the Channels panel so we can see if there is any detail in any of the channels? Zoom in on her face first.

 

~ Jane

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    davidh84114562Author
    Participant
    March 30, 2020
     

    Thanks for your reply, Here is the Channels panel 

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 30, 2020

    What we are looking for is to see if there is any detail in her eyes in any of the channels. I apologize, but I cannot see her eyes in your screen shot.

    • Zoom in on her face first
    • Right-click in the channels panel and change to large thumbnails
    • Post the Channels panel again

    Thank you.

     

    ~ Jane

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2020

    Could you post (the pertinent section) of the original image? 

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    davidh84114562Author
    Participant
    March 30, 2020

     Thanks fir yiur rreply. Here is original before I added Bluebird to the awning and a closeup of the eyes.

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    March 28, 2020

    Well, to be direct: Your photo is just terrible. It has barely any contrast and of course this won't allow even the smartest algorithm to latch on to something. The only way to fix your eyes is to darken them manually with paint operations and the usual color burn/ multiply blending modes.

     

    Mylenium

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      davidh84114562Author
      Participant
      March 30, 2020

      Thanks for your reply. In my defense this was taken with an iPhone after midnight in front of the Blue Bird Cafe in Nashville.

      I promise to do better in the future.

       

      DAvid

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