Step 4 - Eyes (Red Eye Removal)

Step 4 - Eyes (Red Eye Removal)

Now lets work on the eyes. First we need to remove the red eye and whiten the eyes.

Hint: if you prefer you can pick your preferred eye color from the color palette.

Hint: clicking on any of the menu options will activate that menu. If the menu is already selected then the menu will drop down to make more of the screen available.

Select the zoom tool and define a view that includes both eyes. You will find it easier to work on the eyes if you make the zoom view window larger

Removing red eye is normally very difficult but in Satori there is a red eye brush for this very purpose. Select the eyedropper tool from the shortcut tool bar. The cursor will change to show color picking is active. Click down at the edge of the iris in the zoom view to select the original eye color. You will see the current color change to dark brown in the color palette menu.

We are now ready to replace the red eye using the current color. Select the red eye brush from the paint menu. The paint menu is on the main menu displayed at the bottom of your display.

The button being highlighted in blue indicates selection of the red eye brush. Change the brush size as desired but you should not exceed the size of the iris. Press down and move the cursor over the iris and you will start to see the red being removed. Apply the brush gradually for best results.

Amazingly the red eye will be removed and the eye color restored. Now do the same for the second eye.

Now on to the white's of the eyes, these need to be lightened.

To do this accurately, we will need to copy the layer and use a mask.

First we need to make a copy of the layer. Select the copy layer in the edit menu from the window's menu bar. You now have two layers displayed in the layer list palette.

Select copy of layer 1 by pressing on the layer with that name in the layer list palette. The current layer selected is indicated by a red outline. Click on the 3rd thumbnail currently displayed as a gray panel. This will bring up a dialog asking if you want to add a mask to this layer. Select yes.

We will now generate a mask object on this layer. In order to see the mask we need to turn visible mask on. Select masking on the main menu, press the mask tab and select visible mask, set the visible opacity to 50% and press set. The default color for the mask is black. We would suggest that you change this to red. Use the eyedropper to select the new color. Press and hold down the cursor in the visible mask color box to change the display color to the current color.

The zoom view should still be active with both eyes displayed. Select the freehand tool from the shortcut menu. The cursor will change to indicate that freehand has been selected.

Hint: If the layer list palette is not displayed then press the layer list button on the top row of the main menu.

Hint: holding the cursor over the shortcut icons will display tool tips.

We need to set a feathering for the masking object you are going to draw. Enter values 3 for both X and Y. Feathering can be found in the parameter's tab on the geometry menu.

We want to draw into the mask so make sure that mask mode is selected NOT color. Color, mask and unmask modes can be selected from the paint or geometry menu. The current mode is highlighted in blue and on start-up is set to color.

Using the freehand tool trace around the inside of the eye. Hint: If you make a mistake then use the Ctrl+Z to undo the object, select freehand and start again. The shape will be closed automatically and displayed in the visible mask color at 50% opacity.

Now do the same for the other eye. We now need to unmask the iris as this does not need to be enhanced. Make sure that unmask mode is selected NOT mask or color.

Select the ellipse tool from the shortcut menu. Click down in the center of the eye, hold and drag out the ellipse shape to fit the shape of the iris and then release the mouse button.

We now have a mask that is displayed using visible mask color at 50% opacity covering the whites of the eyes. Now we are ready to whiten the eyes.

Firstly, turn off the visible mask by de-selecting in the mask tab of the masking menu. From the geometry menu under the effects tab select the lighten button and set the slider to 40%.

Make sure that color mode is selected. Invert the layer mask by selecting the invert mask icon on the layer list palette.

Hint: use the Ctrl+Z to undo the object.
Hint: use tool tips to identify the correct button. Be careful not to turn off the mask.

Select the rectangle tool, click down above and to the left of the left eye, hold and drag out to the right and below the right eye now release. You have now applied a rectangle object through a mask that applies a lighten effect of 40%.

The eyes will have now been whitened.

Close the view.

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