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What does the red-eye remover do?
Imagera's free red eye remover provides automatic red eye removal for family snapshots, party portraits and scanned photos. Add a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC picture in a supported browser on a phone, tablet or computer. The tool finds human faces, checks their pupils and darkens detected red reflections. It processes the picture on your device, with a sensitivity control for adjusting which red tones qualify for correction. 2 free downloads, 8 more after sign-in.
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- Red-Eye Remover
- Input formats
- JPG · PNG · WebP · HEIC
- Sensitivity
- 0–100
- Free access
- 2 free downloads, 8 more after sign-in.
- Batch access
- Batch processing needs any paid Imagera plan; one file at a time is free.
- Image and file privacy
- Faces and eyes are found by a model that runs in your browser. Your photo is never uploaded or saved on our servers.
How can Imagera AI help after you correct red pupils?
Imagera is a browser-based AI studio for images, video, music and voice, so you do not need a separate app and account for every model. Pricing is credit-based: one balance covers every tool, and each job shows its credit price or estimate before you run it.


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Recorded results from this tool. Results vary with the source image, settings and device. Drag each handle to compare.


Did you know? Red pupil correction facts
The detector handles up to 10 faces per pass. Overlapping scans of a group picture can find more, so this is not a ten-person limit for the whole photo.
Each detection view is at most 1280 pixels on its long side. Eye positions are mapped back to the working photo, so that detection size is not the output resolution.
A detected face supplies 2 eye regions to check. Darkening a red pupil cannot open a closed eyelid; Eye & Smile Fixer handles that separate kind of portrait edit.
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Finding the red pupil without painting over the face
Automatic red eye removal starts by locating faces and eye outlines. The correction then looks for a connected red patch near each pupil. It uses both the color and the shape of that patch, rather than treating every red part of the picture as a defect.
You do not draw a circle or tap each eye. The tool darkens qualifying pupil pixels and blends the nearby fringe. Review the eye outline and bright reflection afterward; a detected face does not guarantee that every affected pupil will be corrected.
Adjusting red detection without flattening the iris
Begin with Sensitivity at its default of 60. If some red remains, raise the slider and process the original again. A higher setting accepts a wider range of red tones, including some paler or warmer reflections.
Lower the setting if a warm iris becomes too dark. Check both eyes and any other faces in the frame because the same setting applies throughout the photo. This is a detection adjustment, not a choice of replacement eye color.
Checking each person in a flash group photo
The face detector checks the whole picture and overlapping regions to look for smaller faces. Use the largest clear original available. Tiny faces, covered eyes and strong side views may still be missed. Compare every person rather than assuming that one corrected face means the group is finished.
If no usable eyes are found, the tool reports that it could not find them. If eyes are found but no red pupil passes the checks, the result reports eyes checked and no red-eye found. Raising the color sensitivity cannot make an undetected face appear.
Pet eye-shine and white reflections need another edit
This correction is built around human face landmarks and red pupil pixels. It is not a pet-eye tool. Green or yellow reflections in a dog or cat picture need an editor that supports pet-eye correction.
A fully white pupil has no red color for this method to remove. Glare across glasses and redness in the whites of the eyes are different targets too. Increasing the slider does not turn the tool into a general glare remover or an eye-whitening brush.
Keeping the flash portrait local through correction
The browser loads the face model, reads your picture and performs the pupil correction on your device. The photo is not uploaded for this edit. Pupil correction runs locally once the face model loads, but fetching that model and the page uses the network.
The saved result is newly encoded. Very large sources can be reduced to fit the device, and some inputs can return in a different file type. Keep the original when editing a scan or family archive; correcting a small pupil does not guarantee an identical file everywhere else.
How do you use the red-eye remover?
Choose the flash portrait
Add a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC image with clearly visible human faces.
Run pupil correction
Start with Sensitivity at 60, then run the remover to find and correct red pupils.
Compare every pair of eyes
Move the before-and-after slider across the faces. If needed, adjust the setting and run another pass from the original.
Save your result
2 free downloads, 8 more after sign-in.
When is the free red-eye remover enough?
| This free tool | Paid AI tools |
|---|---|
| Darkens detected red pupils in an existing portrait | Eye & Smile Fixer can open closed eyes |
| Adjusts red detection without changing the expression | Eye & Smile Fixer can add a smile |
| 2 free downloads, 8 more after sign-in. | Paid tools use their own displayed prices and access conditions. |
Red-Eye Remover: questions and answers
How do I remove red eyes from a photo online?
Choose the picture, leave the initial setting in place and start the correction. Face detection locates the eyes automatically. Inspect the pupils in the comparison preview before keeping the result.
Can I remove red eyes on my iPhone or Android?
Use this page in a current mobile browser that can run the face model. Select a picture from your phone and process it there. If the phone cannot finish pupil correction, retry with a reduced snapshot or process the portrait on a computer.
Does automatic red eye removal use AI?
A local face model finds the eye positions. Color and shape rules then decide which pupil pixels to darken. The correction does not generate a replacement face or ask for a text prompt.
Can it fix red eye in a group photo?
It checks multiple faces using the whole frame and overlapping scans. Small or obscured faces may escape detection, so review each person. The number of people in the picture is not a guarantee of how many will be corrected.
Why is some red still visible after correction?
The pupil may not meet the color or shape checks. Increase Sensitivity a little and retry with the original. If the face was not detected or the reflection is mostly white, changing that control will not solve the underlying problem.
Will the correction change my eye color or remove the catchlight?
The aim is to darken the red pupil while keeping the surrounding iris and the small bright reflection. It is not an eye-color selector. Lower the setting if warm iris detail looks altered, and compare the highlight with the source.
Will red lipstick or clothing lose color?
Correction is restricted to detected eye regions, rather than red objects across the frame. Lipstick and clothing outside those regions are not targeted. Check the preview for mistaken eye detections before saving.
Can this fix glowing eyes in dog or cat photos?
No pet-eye correction is provided. This detector is intended for human faces, and its color rules target red pupils. Use a pet-aware editor for green, yellow or other animal eye-shine.
Can it remove a white pupil reflection?
A white reflection does not supply the red patch this method needs. The remover cannot rebuild missing pupil detail or paint a new eye over that reflection.
Will it clear glasses glare or repair a blink?
Those are separate edits. The algorithm rejects broad red patches such as tinted reflections and does not create open eyelids. The linked Eye & Smile Fixer offers eye-opening edits; this page makes no promise of repairing glare.
Why does it say no eyes were found?
The detector did not return usable eye regions. Try a clearer picture with a visible face, avoiding a tiny thumbnail or eyes hidden behind hair or sunglasses. There is no manual placement control to override a missed detection here.
What happens when eyes are checked but no red-eye is found?
No pupil correction is applied, and the result reports that outcome. The image is still encoded for output, so this is not a promise that its file bytes or compression stay unchanged.
Can I correct red eyes in old scanned photos?
Yes, when the scan contains recognizable human faces and red pupil reflections. Start with a clear scan. Removing red pupils does not repair scratches, faded paper or lost facial detail.
Is my family photo uploaded for red-eye processing?
The picture is read and edited inside your browser. The face model is fetched separately, and the page can still make service requests. No photo upload is part of this correction path.
Why does red-eye removal take longer on the first picture?
The face model may need to load before detection starts. Large group pictures also require more scans than a simple portrait. Connection speed, available memory and device performance affect the wait; there is no fixed completion time.
Which photo formats can I add?
Pupil correction accepts JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC snapshots. The output type is chosen by the engine and may differ from your source, particularly for a phone photo that needs local conversion.
Will red-eye correction preserve the original resolution and quality?
The working picture retains its dimensions when it fits the device limits. Oversized sources can be scaled down, and the saved file is re-encoded. Keep the original if you need an archival copy with its original compression.
Do I need to sign up or sign in to use the free red eye remover?
Your first 2 downloads are free with no account. Sign in free for 8 more. Any paid Imagera plan makes downloads unlimited, and adds AI credits for the paid tools. Processing and the preview are always free.
Will the download have a watermark?
Your first 2 downloads and every download on a paid plan have none. Free downloads 3 to 10, after sign-in, carry a small “Made with imagera.ai” badge in the corner. The result on screen is always clean.
Can I batch correct red-eye across several photos?
Batch processing needs any paid Imagera plan; one file at a time is free.
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