CNET Editors' review
Red Eye Pilot offers to help users eliminate the annoying photo problem of red eye. With controls slimmed down to the basics, this program is a hit, even if it is difficult to navigate at times.
The program's interface mimics full photo-editing suites, but only provides a few simple buttons and command icons. Its biggest asset is the excellent four-part tutorial. Each segment lasts less than a minute, but left us with a feeling of confidence in the program. For anyone still seeking more guidance, there is a well-planned Help file. The program offers one function that works very well. Users focus on the red portion of the eye and Red Eye Pilot automatically selects the area to darken. Using a simple slider command, the red is easily turned to a subtle black that looks natural. The only rough patch we encountered was when the program didn't convert all of the red and we had to manually alter its area. This felt clumsy to alter the area with another slider, but eventually resulted in good changes.
The program is light on features, but the most prominent is the Original Photo button. This allows you to see the original shot to monitor your progress. We did come across a trial restriction that saves your work as a special file type. But thanks to a simple premise that works well most of the time, we highly recommend this program for changing your red eyes to natural colors.
Publisher's Description
From Two Pilots:
Using Red Eye Pilot, you can remove red eyes from your photos with just a couple of clicks. You can adjust the pupil area and brightness, and preview the results real-time. The program keeps structure of the pupil. After you install Red Eye Pilot, you can see the demo. Run it from the Demonstration menu.
What's new in this version: Version 3.6 has improved crop tool.
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"Robust red-eye options, but no save on trial"
Version: Red Eye Pilot 1.4
Pros
This has good manual control over choosing the area for red-eye removal and three different algorithms for the removal. It does not require exactly finding the region, but just a general parameter for how deeply to search. In my one test case with several different degrees and shades of red eye, it did a high quality detection and blending job on all.
Cons
The trial version will not save the result. Therefore my testing has been limited.
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