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» Remove red-eye with your HP digital camera
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Introduction

New and expert photographers alike have experienced it. You take an otherwise perfect picture of friends or family but there’s one major flaw: glowing red eyes. We’ll offer helpful tips for using HP products and technologies to easily remove red-eye and avoid it in the future. Learn why HP is the industry leader in red-eye removal.1

Remove red-eye with your HP digital camera

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HP digital cameras offer a couple of different solutions: in-camera red-eye removal and automatic in-camera red-eye removal. These are part of HP’s Real Life technologies—features that make it easy to take great pictures.

Automatic in-camera red-eye removal
This revolutionary new feature allows you to set your camera control to remove red-eye before you take your photo.

HP’s R-series cameras—like the HP Photosmart R727 and R927 digital cameras feature automatic in-camera red-eye removal.

In-camera red-eye removal
HP’s R-series and M-series digital cameras, such as the HP Photosmart M527 and M425 let you manually remove red-eye from a previously taken photo in just a few steps. You can review your photos on your camera’s LCD screen and remove red-eye instantly without having to download the images to a computer or printer.

HP was the first camera manufacturer in the world to feature in-camera red-eye removal, now standard on all M-series and R-series digital cameras.

Take a tour to see how HP’s in camera red-eye removal works.

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Remove red-eye with your HP printer

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The same HP Real Life technologies that help you capture your best photos with HP cameras are also available on most HP Photosmart printers and many all-in-ones and inkjet printers. You can view your photos on your printer’s LCD screen and remove red-eye in a few simple steps—all without a PC.

All portable HP photo printers allow you to remove red-eye right on your printer’s LCD screen.

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Remove red-eye with HP image-editing software

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HP has two easy-to-use photo software solutions. Both software solutions allow you to remove red-eye quickly. Just choose Red-eye from the Edit menu. Then, to correct the problem, place the red-eye removal pencil over the area you want to fix, and click. Presto! No more red-eye.

HP Photosmart Essential is free software for editing, sharing, and printing photos. It comes with select HP printers, PCs, and digital cameras, and you can also download a free copy.

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How to prevent red-eye

Mom taking a picture of the kids

Here are some reliable tips for avoiding red-eye in the first place:

  • Whenever possible, try not to use a flash. If you have to use a flash, ask your subject to look toward the camera, but not directly at the lens.
  • Use additional light sources in the room.
  • Take pictures during the day.
  • Stand farther away from your subject.

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1All claims are as of Jan 4, 2006
a. HP shipped the first camera with in-camera red-eye removal. R707 camera announced February 2004 at PMA, shipped May 2004.
b. First and only cameras to ship in-camera red-eye removal under $150 – M22 camera $129, announced February 2005, shipped May 2005
c. Only manufacturer with both fully automatic red-eye removal and easy to use post capture red-eye removal. (2006 R series cameras – R927, R727, R725)
d. HP has the broadest portfolio of red-eye removal. 15 Camera models announced with HP in-camera red-eye removal: R707, R717, R817, R818, M22, M23, M415, M417, M517, R927, R727, R725, M527, M525, M425.