How to Remove Red Eye in Pictures for Free
The red-eye effect -- the appearance of red pupils in the eyes of photographic subjects -- is one of the most common reasons to edit a picture. Red-eye occurs when a camera uses a flash near the lens in low lighting. There is no need to go to a store to have your pictures edited, nor do you need expensive software like Adobe Photoshop. Try any of several free applications and online tools that have a red-eye removal tool.
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Instructions
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Windows Live Photo Gallery
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Click the "Start" menu. Open Windows Live Photo Gallery from the "Windows Live."
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Find the picture from which you want to remove red-eye. If the picture is not in the thumbnails list when you launch Photo Gallery, click through the folders in the folder pane on the left to find it.
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Click the picture to select it for editing.
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Click "Fix" in the menu bar. Photo Gallery will open the editing window.
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Click "Fix" in the editing panel on the right. Make a rectangular selection on each eye.
Online Red Eye Removal
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Go to the Fix Red Eyes website, using your browser.
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Click "Browse files" and select a picture to edit. You can upload a picture up to two megabytes in size.
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Drag the red-eye selector over an eye. Repeat for each area that has a red eye.
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Click the green "Fix it!" button.
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Click "Download" and save the picture to your computer.
Picasa
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Launch Google Picasa.
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Locate the picture that has the red-eye you want to remove. Double-click the picture to open it.
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Click "Red eye" in the "Basic Fixes" tab.
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Drag the red eye selector around the reddish area. Picasa will immediately remove the tint.
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Tips & Warnings
Click the "Undo" button if you make a mistake.
Windows Live Photo Gallery will save your changes when you click "Back to Gallery." You can still undo the changes if you keep the image selected, click "Fix" again and then click "Revert." Confirm the reversion.
