Reduce Red Eye in Your Photos

Everyone has become a victim to the curse of red eyes in our photos. More photos have been ruined with red eye than silly expressions, closed eyes, and blurred photos combined. Thankfully getting rid of red eye is a snap with Photoshop.

To fix red eye we will need to use the Layers Palette. You should be able to find the Layers Palette in the lower right hand corner of the window when you open Photoshop.

Once you have found the layers palette you need to find the adjustment layer button. This button can be found at the bottom of the window. To activate it, click on the adjustment layer button. A sub-menu should come up and you will want to select Channel Mixer. To fix the red eye you will want to set the Red slider to 0%, and the Blue and Green sliders to 50%. Once you have done this click OK.

Set the foreground color to black at the bottom of the toolbar.In the toolbar, select the brush tool. Now, depending on the size of the photos, the red eyes might be too difficult to see; return to the toolbar and select the zoom tool (magnifying glass with a +). Clicking on the eyes with your mouse will zoom in on them. Once again return to the Layers palette. Select the layer Channel Mixer 1 by clicking it once.

Now you can use the brush tool again to paint the parts of the eyes that had appeared red.
Return to the top of your screen click on the Image menu. Just like we did earlier you will need to move your mouse over Adjustments in the drop down menu. Select Invert in the sub-menu that comes up on the right. Tada … we fixed the red eye!

Take a look at this video from You Tube that shows you the red eye removal