CodedColor PhotoStudio Manual - digital photo software, picture viewer, image editor, page layouter and flash / pdf album exporter (similar ACDSee, IrfanView)

Red-Eye Correction

CodedColor provides an advanced red-eye correction mechanism. The example shows a face with the left eye already corrected.

The tool is simple to use, yet produces some of the best results compared to others solutions on the market.

For best results, follow these steps carefully:

Zoom into the face, enlarging the eyes which are to be corrected. You can use the Left & Right mousebuttons for this, and drag the face to the area containing the red eyes.

Start the Red Eye dialog by selecting Edit > Red Eye, or by clicking on the Red-Eye shortcut button. If you need to do more zooming, use the Zoom Control buttons in the toolwindow.

Select the original eye color. You can use the

tool and click on the pixels directly adjacent to the red area. You can also use a previoulsly stored Custom Color, or select a color from the Palette. The eye in the Preview window displays the color used for the replacement.

Select the

tool and adjust the Brush Size to a circle equal or smaller to the red area in the eye.

Click on the center of the red eye, and keep the mouse pressed to draw over the red area, applying the replacement color.

If you accidentally replaced correct parts of the eye or face, you can use the

eraser tool to restore the original pixels, including color and texture.

Save your changes, once you are satisfied with the replacement.

Example: The replacement brush barely covers the red area of the eye. When you apply too much replacenement color, you can undo groups of pixels by switching to the eraser mode.

With a little practice, red eye removal is a matter of seconds.

Toolwindow buttons

Paint Tool Replace the red area with the new eye color.

Color Picker Select the new eye color by clicking onto a color in the picture (Pipette)

Eraser Tool Restore the original color (undo color replacement for fine tuning)

Zoom into Increase size of displayed image by one step

Zoom out Decrease size of displayed image by one step

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CodedColor PhotoStudio by 1STEIN is a Windows photo viewer and editor to organize, edit, resize, reformat, correct, compare, sort, watermark, annotate and print digital images, and to edit EXIF and IPTC data in digital photos. You can rename multiple images, remove scratches, create panorama pictures (stitch), convert RAW photos (from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc. cameras), send images via Skype, send photo SMS, burn digital watermarks, correct colors, run a screenshow, convert and correct JPEG images in a batch process, rename fields, open pictures and image folders from the Explorer, generate a webalbum in HTML and compress JPG images. The CodedColor full version is not free, but during registration you can choose the Freeware edition, in which some functions are deactivated. After the download you can try the PhotoStudio shareware for 30 days without any restrictions. The CodedColor software interface looks very similar to ACDSee, is easier to use than Photoshop and more versatile than Picasa and Irfanview, but still contains editing and correction features as effective as Paintshop. Have a look at our Before / After tutorials, in order to get an idea of the powerful editor capabilities. The software comes with a detailed handbook and a fast database to store EXIF / IPTC data and color informationen. CodedColor PhotoStudio is a powerful and versatile photo organizer and image editing software for digital camera users. The user friendly interface includes features like photo editing & printing, web & flash album galleries, slide shows, photo management & cataloging, custom sorting, IPTC & EXIF editor and display, GPS tagging, perspective correction, barrel distortion, effects, thumbnail generation, resize & resample images, jp2000, batch conversion, database keyword searching, red eye removal, color / sharpness / brightness & contrast correction, artefacts removal, clone brush, scanner & TWAIN import, screen capture, lossless JPEG rotation, transparency (alpha channel), gamma correction, print ordering and screenshows with many transition effects, watermark text, image annotations, panorama stitch & animation, video capture, PDF album export, photo layouts, collages, frames, shadows, histograms, automatic white balance, skype photo sharing, etc. Opens and converts all common image formats: BMP, WMF, GIF, JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, PCX, PNG, PSP, PSD, PCD, and all current RAW formats. Visit the CodedColor FotoStudio homepage to learn more and download a free copy! Includes BYNGO MMS messenger and CodedColor Publisher, a versatile photo layout and DTP tool, from which you can order individual photobooks through KODAK.