Sometimes the Red Eye Brush Tool
doesn’t quite do the job ~~ for example on some pets’ eyes or even on babies’
eyes. For more control over this, you can correct the red eye (or spooky white
eye) manually. (No we don’t have any control freaks here, LOL!)
Note: if only one eye is red (or
white), you can do a very quick fix by copying the iris of the ‘good’ eye over
the other – be sure to select very carefully if you do this!
Since we will be ‘painting’ on the
photo, be sure to create a new layer to work on FIRST! I like to zoom in close
on the eyes before I start, too.
Use the Eye Dropper Tool 
to select
the foreground color from elsewhere in the dark part of the eye.
Select the paintbrush tool. 
In the options bar, choose a
soft-edged brush, slightly smaller than the red part of the eye. These should
be near the top of the default brush palette.
Click on opacity and set it low, to
about 25- 30% so it will look more natural.
Brush over the red area, being
careful not to paint over the white of the eyes or the skin around the eyes. Be
careful also, not to paint over any catch-lights. Control Z to undo if you
“color outside the lines.” It will take a couple of passes with the brush to
build up more of the correct color.
Don’t worry if the eye area looks a
bit flat – take a look at the photo at actual size to see how it looks.
When you are happy with the results,
you can merge the layer down and your photo is fixed!
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