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How to Remove 'Red Eye' in Luminar Neo

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The simplest way to remove the red eye effect in Luminar Neo is to use the Red Eye Removal tool. You can find it in the:

Edit Tab → Creative Section → tool → Eye category

You need to drag this slider till the red color is removed from the eyes.


🛠️ Manual Red Eye Removal

Another way to remove the red eye effect is more manual, but it is one more option.

  1. Make sure the Softness of the Brush is minimal and brush the red areas

  2. Drag the slider for Red to the minimum

✅ Done, the red color has disappeared.


👀 Other Eye Techniques

1. Enhance Eye Colors

To enhance the colors and vividness of the eyes:

  • Use the Eye Enhancer slider under:

    Face AI tool → Eyes category


2. Use Enhance AI for a Natural Pop

  1. Switch to Masking → Brush (Paint)

  2. Set the softness of the brush to minimum

  3. Mask the eyes

  4. Switch to Adjustments

  5. Drag the Accent AI slider forward to make the eyes pop


3. Increase Eye Sharpness

To increase the sharpness of the eyes, you may also use:

For each of the tools:

  1. Mask the entire eye or parts (iris, pupil, sclera, eyelashes)

  2. Use Masking → Brush (Paint)

  3. Set brush softness to minimum

  4. Mask the desired parts

  5. Go to Adjustments and drag Amount and Boost sliders forward


To increase visual volume of the eyes and eyebrows:

  • Paint glares with the Lighten brush

    • Amount slider: not higher than 30

    • Softness: maximal

    • Strength: low or mid

  • Paint shadows with the Darken brush


5. Create Shining Eyes with Glow

  1. Switch to Masking → Brush (Paint)

  2. Set the softness to minimum

  3. Mask the iris and pupil

  4. Switch to Adjustments

  5. Set Type to “Glow”

  6. Adjust:

    • Amount slider: closer to mid

    • Softness slider: minimal

    • Adjust other sliders as desired


✨ You may combine some of these tips or use all of them to emphasize the beauty of your models’ eyes.

Under the Eye Section, there are other sliders that can adjust and enhance the look of the eyes. Their effect is described (see part “Eyes”).

Switch to Essentials section → → → Brush (Paint)

Switch to Adjustments → → Saturation

Use the tool under the Favorites

tools

4. Add Volume with

Use the tool under Creative Section

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Color tool
Masking
HSL
Enhance AI
Supersharp AI
Structure AI
Details
Dodge & Burn
Glow
Face AI