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Dec 17, 2012 12:41:49   #
mlj Loc: Anderson, SC
 
gdwsr wrote:
I have played around with this some myself. There are lots of ways of correcting this but here is what I now like to do;

In Elements do a rough selection of jus the eyes (I like to make a layer out of the selection but you don;t have to). Select : Enhance>Color Correction>Hue/Saturation. In the popup dialog box click on the box that says "Master" and select the color closest to the color you are trying to remove, ie. Green (it doesn't really make any difference which one you pick as you are just trying to get to the eye-dropper). Select the eye dropper and click it on the pupil of the eye and move the Saturation slider to the left to desaturate just that color. And if you need to darken the pupil, move the Illumination slider to the left. (As always, the amount of adjustment is a matter of taste).

This technique doesn't require careful selection, and only effects the unwanted color, doesn't effect the catch light or the texture or detail.

Hope that helps. PM me if you need or want more help with the walk through.
I have played around with this some myself. There... (show quote)


Thanks so much for the advice! I have more photos of her to work on and will do so this evening when I get home. Have a Merry Christmas!

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Dec 17, 2012 13:31:54   #
gdwsr Loc: Northern California
 
mlj wrote:

Thanks so much for the advice! I have more photos of her to work on and will do so this evening when I get home. Have a Merry Christmas!


Using the Color Replacement option might be a little easier but with slightly less control but more darkening range.

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Dec 17, 2012 15:02:28   #
GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City
 
mlj wrote:

Her gentle, loving nature was amazing. We are now best friends.


She looks like a real sweetheart.
Ours was a rescue dog.
Hard to say who was being rescued, maybe a bit of both.

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Dec 18, 2012 19:32:49   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
mlj wrote:
I have Photo Elements 10 and Picassa 3. I would like to make some copies for my family and friends. Of course I was using a flash..SB600. Can someone help me "fix" the eyes or show me where I can learn to do that? I would really appreciate it.


Setting your flash on red-eye should help also. It emits a pre-flash that causes the pupils to shrink. It should work the same on pooches.

Of course bouncing the flash with a diffuser is better.

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Dec 18, 2012 20:10:52   #
mlj Loc: Anderson, SC
 
MtnMan wrote:
mlj wrote:
I have Photo Elements 10 and Picassa 3. I would like to make some copies for my family and friends. Of course I was using a flash..SB600. Can someone help me "fix" the eyes or show me where I can learn to do that? I would really appreciate it.


Setting your flash on red-eye should help also. It emits a pre-flash that causes the pupils to shrink. It should work the same on pooches.

Of course bouncing the flash with a diffuser is better.


Thanks for the info. I did use bounce flash but it was not good enough to avoid the eye problem. I am learning..slowly. Have a Merry Christmas!

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Dec 25, 2012 07:43:28   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
mlj wrote:
MtnMan wrote:


Setting your flash on red-eye should help also. It emits a pre-flash that causes the pupils to shrink. It should work the same on pooches.

Of course bouncing the flash with a diffuser is better.


Thanks for the info. I did use bounce flash but it was not good enough to avoid the eye problem. I am learning..slowly. Have a Merry Christmas!


MTN man is correct. On camera flash is the pits.

There is no "really good" way to save these green eyes..but there are lots of "so so" ways...personally, I'd probably not fix it and give this to someone...I'd reshoot it with bounce flash.

Learn to either bounce your flash using a "black foamie thing" (google it) or get a trigger and get your flash off the camera. Your results will improve dramatically...it's probably the one single step that will improve your shots taken with flash.

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Mar 2, 2013 20:04:30   #
jesteer
 
of course there are several methods and programs to "fix" the eyes
i use photoshop cs4
my method is to create a layer of the eyes and "paint" the center of the eyes black then sample the outer (iris?) color and paint that area
this took me about 10 minutes .. a little bit of trial and error ... paint with zoomed in then check it at zoomed out
to me it's an artist's paint skill that takes a bit of time and a lot better in the end than trying the "feature"
hope this helps



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Mar 11, 2013 04:10:39   #
francesca3 Loc: Sausalito, CA
 
Danilo wrote:
No bark...no bite! I added "catch-lights" to the eyes, I've always been fussy about that.


Well done.
So did you use Picasa, too?

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Mar 11, 2013 10:13:26   #
jesteer
 
francesca3 wrote:
Danilo wrote:
No bark...no bite! I added "catch-lights" to the eyes, I've always been fussy about that.


Well done.
So did you use Picasa, too?


not picasa ... i used photoshop .. it has a "red eye" feature that helps a bit but never fully ... so i usually go straight at it with the paint brush or sometimes the "clone" feature for tidying up a bit
i also use layers to "paint over an area" then dull down that new layer via "opacity reduction"

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Mar 11, 2013 16:41:09   #
safeharbor7 Loc: Dalton, Ga.
 
Try this



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Mar 12, 2013 00:37:37   #
francesca3 Loc: Sausalito, CA
 
jesteer wrote:
francesca3 wrote:
Danilo wrote:
No bark...no bite! I added "catch-lights" to the eyes, I've always been fussy about that.


Well done.
So did you use Picasa, too?


not picasa ... i used photoshop .. it has a "red eye" feature that helps a bit but never fully ... so i usually go straight at it with the paint brush or sometimes the "clone" feature for tidying up a bit
i also use layers to "paint over an area" then dull down that new layer via "opacity reduction"
quote=francesca3 quote=Danilo No bark...no bite!... (show quote)


Thank you for answering. Helpful.

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Mar 17, 2013 21:16:49   #
2dogz
 
Either take the flash off the camera or bounce it off the wall or ceiling. Or don't have the dog look directly at the camera, then the light won't bounce off the retinas.

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Mar 18, 2013 16:24:33   #
Crazytooth Loc: Suffolk, UK
 
I am fairly new to editing photos I have been given Serif Photoshop to try.
I darkened up Jasmines eyes by using the clone tool and pasting bits of her nose...



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Mar 18, 2013 16:42:30   #
jesteer
 
Crazytooth wrote:
I am fairly new to editing photos I have been given Serif Photoshop to try.
I darkened up Jasmines eyes by using the clone tool and pasting bits of her nose...


hi Crazytooth, looks good
i usually use the paint brush when zoomed in very closely
i do the painting on new layer ... with a very small paint brush size, i paint the black portion .... paying close attention to not paint over the white reflection (perhaps trim a bit of the reflection to cover up any red) then in this case, i would use the clone for the brown portion and perhaps tidy up a bit with a brown brush
suggest you use a new layer for each black of the eye and another set of layers for the brown
with these layers, you can turn off and on the layers to how it looks and also reduce the opacity if you find the colors a bit too much of a contrast
takes time and practice

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Mar 18, 2013 16:43:18   #
jesteer
 
jesteer wrote:
Crazytooth wrote:
I am fairly new to editing photos I have been given Serif Photoshop to try.
I darkened up Jasmines eyes by using the clone tool and pasting bits of her nose...


hi Crazytooth, looks good
i usually use the paint brush when zoomed in very closely
i do the painting on new layer ... with a very small paint brush size, i paint the black portion .... paying close attention to not paint over the white reflection (perhaps trim a bit of the reflection to cover up any red) then in this case, i would use the clone for the brown portion and perhaps tidy up a bit with a brown brush
suggest you use a new layer for each black of the eye and another set of layers for the brown
with these layers, you can turn off and on the layers to how it looks and also reduce the opacity if you find the colors a bit too much of a contrast
takes time and practice
quote=Crazytooth I am fairly new to editing photo... (show quote)


oh and these new layers are just over the eyes ... not the whole image

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