Reducing Red Eye
Use the Red Eye Reduction tool in the Develop Tools pane to correct red eye in digital photographs. The Red Eye Reduction tool specifically targets red pixels. Nearby pixels are unaffected.
To correct Red Eye:
- In the Develop Tools pane, select the Repair tab.
- Use the Zoom tools at the bottom right corner of the Display Area to enlarge and center the eye to be corrected.
- Click within the red portion of the eye.
- In the Red Eye Reduction group, adjust the sliders as described below.
Right-click a slider to reset to the default value.
Red Eye Reduction Options
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Size |
Drag the slider to the right to increase the size of the area being darkened, or to the left to decrease. |
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Darkening |
Drag the slider to the right to darken the corrected portion of the eye. |
Correct as many red eyes as necessary. Simply keep clicking the image to add a new eye-definition. Move the eye-definitions by clicking and dragging, or delete them by pressing Delete.
Scroll with the mouse to adjust the size of the area to darken at any time.
Show or hide the red eye outline by toggling On or Off the eye
icon, located at the top left corner of the Red Eye group.
Press Delete to remove the currently selected red eye adjustment.