User Guide

CHAPTER 4
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Fixing Your Photos
6 Increase the threshold gradually by dragging
the slider to the lowest value that eliminates
defects by entering a value between 1 and 255.
7 Click OK.
Using the red eye brush
Red eye occurs in photos when light from a camera
flash reflects off the back of a person’s eye. You can
easily remove red eye from an image using the red
eye brush. You can also use the red eye brush to
retouch other details in an image, such as dental
braces. The red eye brush tool changes the hue of
the area you paint without removing detail in the
image.
To use the red eye brush:
1 Select the red eye brush .
2 Choose a brush from the pop-up palette in the
options bar, and drag the Size pop-up slider to set
the brush size. A brush that is a little larger than
the pupil of the eye may be the most effective size.
3 Specify a target color (the color you want to
remove) by doing one of the following:
• To set the target color when you click in the
image, choose First Click from the Sampling
pop-up menu.
• To use the default target color, choose Current
Color from the Sampling pop-up menu. Then
click Default Colors.
• To pick a custom target color, choose Current
Color from the Sampling pop-up menu. Then
click the Current color swatch. When the Color
Picker appears, click in the image on the color
you want to remove. Alternately, you can choose
a target color using the Color Picker.
4 Specify a replacement color by doing one of
the following:
• To use the default replacement color, click
Default Colors.
Note: Clicking Default Colors also resets the
target color.
• To pick a custom replacement color, click the
Replacement color swatch, and pick the color
that you want to use for the correction.
5 Specify a value for Tolerance. This setting
defines how similar in color replaced pixels must
be. A low percentage replaces adjacent pixels
within a range of color values very similar to the
pixel you click. A high percentage replaces adjacent
pixels within a broader range of color values.
If a person has pinkish skin, the red eye brush
might have problems differentiating between the
colors of the pupil and the face. Specifying a lower
tolerance might help.
6 Click in the image over the details you want to
correct and drag if necessary. Any pixels that
match the target color are colorized with the
replacement color.
If you want to darken the effect, try using the burn
tool over the details you want to correct. See
“Using the toning tools” on page 72.
Using the toning tools
The toning tools consist of the dodge tool and the
burn tool. Used to lighten or darken areas of the
image, the dodge and burn tools are based on a
traditional photographer’s technique for changing
exposure on specific areas of a print. Photogra-
phers hold back light to lighten an area on the