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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
STOIK RedEye Autofix
Vendor: STOIK Imaging
Purpose: Fast and fully automatic red-eye removal for home photographers
Description
STOIK RedEye Autofix can fix red-eye problems in photographs with the click of a button.
It automatically detects the eye positions, and then removes the red effect and
replaces it with a realistic eye coloring. It lets you deal with photos one at a time, or in
batches. To use it, you simply right-click on any photo (or a selection of multiple photos),
click Remove Red Eye, and the program does the rest.
Comments
STOIK RedEye Autofix is a small, specialist utility, but it works well and is certainly
very fast. It usually removes all the red from the eyes, but can sometimes leave a trace
that needs touching up in another program. The program has been subjected to rigorous
study by other researchers (at EPFL, Switzerland) and found to err only on small
blemishes or when the eye is too small within the image, such as on background figures.
It is available on a free trial period without the batch capabilities.
Version 3.0 of STOIK RedEye Autofix was launched without any intervening 2.0. The
vendor says it has been completely rewritten to improve its detection rate, now said to
be more than 80% with fewer than 5% false positives. A new manual mode allows you
to eliminate all undetected red eyes.
Version: STOIK RedEye Autofix 3.0 (as of 2008)
OS: Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, and XP
RAM: 128MB
Supported file formats: JPEG
Price level: Approx. $30
Address: STOIK Imaging, Ltd, P.O. Box 48, Moscow 119049, Russia
www.stoik.com
Summary
Designed to correct one of the most basic faults in flash photography, red-eye removal
is now firmly embedded in most image editors and processors. Yet there are still one or
two dedicated programs for carrying out this task. RedEyePro from Andromeda
Software offers professional, novice, and pet modes, the last of which (pet mode) refers
to the subject rather than the user. The eyes of animals can reflect colors other than red
in the brilliant light of a flash.