White Eye in pictures taken with iPhone 4's flash

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White Eye in pictures taken with iPhone 4's flash

Has anyone else had this problem? iPhoto will not let me correct this as it does red eye. Does anyone know the best way to remove the white eye?

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Jul 6, 2010 7:43 AM

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JobsRule

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Jul 17, 2010 11:36 PM in response to The.Todd

I just got the phone today and have the same problem. Even with videos. Whenever the LED is on, it turns pupils white. Can't use the pics and videos. I ended up turning off the flash and took with less than optimal lighting.

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sbramin

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Jul 18, 2010 1:17 AM in response to The.Todd

haven't noticed that. could you give an example.

sounds like a "catch flash" which is something studio photographers and the like try to produce as it draws the viewer to the eyes.

if you could crop a pair of eyes out and post them somewhere.

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Dave Hutch

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Jul 18, 2010 1:41 AM in response to The.Todd

I've noticed that also. You'd need a good graphics application like Photoshop to deal with it effectively

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sialdouk

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Jul 18, 2010 2:20 AM in response to The.Todd

Yeah I get this problem too. Photo shop etc us only way of getting rid..

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Jul 19, 2010 5:55 PM in response to sialdouk

Yes, this is a serious problem. I suspect the pupils reflect white light because the flash is LED, rather than the typical incandescent flashes (which reflect red off the pupils). A lot of programs have built-in redeye removal tools, but "white-eye removal"? Haven't heard of it.

Maybe the photoshop iphone app will add it?

Or perhaps Apple can add it to a future release of the Camera or Photos apps that are built in to the phone.

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Jul 25, 2010 10:12 PM in response to The.Todd

I have this same issue. I was wondering if it's a problem with all of the phones.

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Jul 25, 2010 10:50 PM in response to Scott Kraft

It's like shining a flashlight in someones eyes while taking their picture. With my dog, it looks evil!

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Nikorasu

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Jul 25, 2010 11:55 PM in response to David Selevan

Yea my pictures and videos are coming out with the same as well, white eyes. I can't take pictures of my baby niece in places that require the flash. Having white eyes like that looks weird. Lol!

😟 what a drag...!!

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Jul 31, 2010 4:58 PM in response to The.Todd

Someone please create an app that fixes white eye in pictures of people and animals. I will buy it immediatly. I know video will be a tricky fix but I'd pay 3x as much fot that app if it works.

This problem severly reduces the functionality of the flash in dark lighting. I rarely take pictures of things 3 ft away in the dark that don't have eyes.

Message was edited by: Hapaboy58.

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Answer 10

Aug 3, 2010 8:28 AM in response to Nikorasu

im hoping its just the iphone 4 flash,
but if you have a child that has white eyes in a photo, they need checking out

please read this
http://www.daisyseyecancerfund.org/rb/eye/photography.html

ive just phoned the doctor.....

Regards,

Russ

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Aug 3, 2010 10:27 AM in response to Community User

Yeah, I just get it with my dog.

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lm678

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Aug 16, 2010 6:27 AM in response to The.Todd

I cannot use my photographs, really disappointing, everyone has completely white eye sockets it looks awful, v. ghostly, this happes when flash is used. This makes the camera pretty useless for half the time. If anyone knows what to do please let me know. L.

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lm678

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Aug 16, 2010 6:29 AM in response to The.Todd

my comment was for photographs taken on the iphone 4 (white eyes)

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Jan 9, 2011 10:39 PM in response to lm678

I get this all the time with the flash on my iPhone 4 too... the only way I've found to fix it is to use Photoshop - very time consuming and it's hard to fix convincingly.

Same as others, most of the time my solution is to simply delete the white-eyed photos 😟

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Ak@sH

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Jul 5, 2011 12:59 AM in response to The.Todd

hey guys
m having a problem with my ipone4
the photos taken with my iphone shows white light
do you all face the same problem ???
does that happen everytime ??
and does that happen to all those people who are in the photo ???

SOME1 PLZ DO REPLY .. ..

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