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How to Fix Pet Eyes in Photos

A simple picture of a pet can often yield creepy results, especially in dim lighting with a camera's flash. Due to the structure of many animals' eyes, as in human eyes, light from a flash passes very quickly through the pupil and reflects off of blood inside the eye, creating a red appearance. Since the effect is purely photographic, it can be removed easily with a variety of photo-editing software.

Things You'll Need

Photo-editing software

Instructions

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  Choose a method to fix distorted eye colors on pictures of pets, such as using Pet Eye Pilot, HP Photosmart Essentials, or digital image software such as Photoshop, MS Paint or Gimp.
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  Download Pet Eye Pilot for free from its hosting website. This program is designed especially to minimize distorted eye color in pets, which can appear in a small variety of colors beyond that found in humans. Simply select problematic eyes with the tool and use the interface to change brightness, coloring, and other settings.
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  Utilize HP's Photosmart Essential application for easy removal of pet-eye. The tool simply requires clicking on a pet's eye with a magnification tool, though it doesn't allow for customized alterations.
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  Open a free digital image program on your computer such as MS Paint, download a free option such as Gimp or buy a program such as Photoshop for extra features. These programs all have features to zoom into a specific area in a picture, in this case a pet's eye, and use drawing tools to change the coloring manually in the picture. These tools can all be found on the interface of these programs.

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