Red Eye removal
- Instructions -

File Type:  Adobe Photoshop^® Channel Mixer adjustment

File Extension:  *.cha
Purpose:  Removes red eye.  The user must paint in the layer mask to target only the part of the eyes that need correction.

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Download the File

Click the Download button.  Follow your web browser's instructions for saving this file onto your computer.  Make sure you remember where you save it.  The file name is tz-channel-mixer-red-eye.cha.  If you rename the file, do not change the extension.  Leave it .cha.  Photoshop does not require you to save this file in its directory.  After downloading, if prompted to Open the file or Close the download dialog box, close the dialog box.

 

Apply the Adjustment

Create a Channel Mixer adjustment layer by clicking Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Channel Mixer.  Or, click the Create new adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.

1. If you downloaded the adjustment, click the Load button, browse till you find the file and click Load.  Then proceed to step 9.
2. Name the adjustment layer and click OK.  Any name can be used, but the name Redeye may be useful.
3. Set the Output Channel to Red.
4. Change the Red value to 0%.
5. Change the Green value to +50%.
6. Change the Blue value to +50%.
7. Leave Constant to 0%.
8. Leave Monochrome unchecked.
9. Click OK to close the Channel Mixer dialog box.  The image should turn a garish color.
10. In the Layers palette, click the layer mask thumbnail to make it active.
11. Type the letter d to set the foreground and background colors to the default black and white.
12. If black is not the foreground color, type the letter x once to make black the foreground color.
13. Type the letter g to make the Paint Bucket the active tool.  If the Gradient tool is active instead, click in the Tools palette to make the Paint Bucket the active tool.
14. Pour black paint into the document window.  The layer mask should become solid black and the image should convert back to its normal state.  See Figure 2.
15. Type the letter x once to make white the foreground color.
16. Type the letter z to make the Zoom tool the active tool.
17. Zoom in on the eyes that need correcting.
18. Type the letter b to make the Brush tool the active tool.
19. Select a round tip with a medium edge (50% hardness).
20. Use the [ or ] keys to size the brush so that it is barely larger than the area to be corrected.
21. Click to paint this area with white paint in the layer mask.  The red eye should now be gone.
22. Repeat for the other eye.