Getting the Red Out

And Other Photo Correction Techniques

Little Sweetie's red-eye is more of a white-eye.

sweetie

Automatic red-eye removal.

sweetie sweetie

Cosmo suffers with severe red-eye. And not just in photos! His natural red-eye makes it easier to find him after dark.

cosmo

Automatic red-eye removal worked wonders for him. Although it seems to have taken the spark from him.

after red-eye removal

One of Lauretta's eyes went red and Sweetie went white again.

original

First I used automatic red-eye removal and then point-to-point to correct three eyes. I tried to match Lauretta's red eye to her normal eye.

automatic red-eye removal point-to-point

I was not totally pleased with the results using the scratch removal tool, so I revisited my old pal smudge.

scratch removal

The modern drake prefers a more colorful companion.

snow birds

Maybe modern man would prefer more color, too.

new doo

Here's Lauretta with her new red Fender six-string. The flash didn't go off and she was left in the dark. I used Automatic Color Balance, Automatic Contrast Enhancement, Automatic Saturation Enhancement and unsharp mask to bring her into the light. Still not good enought o send to Grandma, but quite a difference.

original touched up

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