Red-eye recticle hard to use for small areas
Submitted by Jim Nelson
Link to original bug (#715857)
Description
---- Reported by jim@yorba.org 2009-12-14 17:23:00 -0800 ----
Original Redmine bug id: 1144
Original URL: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/1144
Searchable id: yorba-bug-1144
Original author: Jim Nelson
Original description:
I have a photo where the red-eyes are quite small. I need to reduce the recticle to about its smallest size to work properly. When it's that small it gets lost under the drag cursor and is difficult to place.
One solution might be to use another cursor when dragging. (Or, hide the cursor while moving the mouse, effectively making the recticle the cursor.) Another possibility would be to have a “handle†on the recticle that could be gripped to move it, like a magnifying glass.
---- Additional Comments From shotwell-maint@gnome.bugs 2010-12-31 15:54:00 -0800 ----
History
Comment 1
Updated by Bengt Thuree over 3 years ago
Perhaps use the arrows on the key board?
Comment 2
Updated by Luca Ferretti over 3 years ago
Allowing to fix red-eye on zoomed photos and using a custom pointer (see r1 for iPhoto) could be an optimal solution.
Alternatively a direct rectangular selection (and maybe a smarter algorithm?) as in Picasa or F-Spot could be better for usability.
r1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKUwuo2ucyw
Comment 3
Updated by Ian van Broesel about 3 years ago
+1
why not just point to the center of the red area and let the software to the trick. We all could get rid of the rectangle issue
Comment 4
Updated by dave42 - almost 3 years ago
This seems closely related to ticket #2171. I'm not sure if that's a dup of this (or vice versa), but my comments there address this one, too:
I'm not able to achieve useful results using the red eye correction as it is currently implemented. I always end up with very noticeable blue circles in place of the eyes. It really should never be affecting any pixels in the selection that aren't red. The exact shape of the selection shouldn't matter.
For some inspiration and/or code, I'd suggest looking at the GIMP's red eye removal filter. I think it works really well, and I especially like being able to set the threshold to fine-tune what, within the selection, gets corrected.
My ultimate dream implementation would offer three different levels of automation:
fully automatic (recognizes the eyes and uses a default correction threshold)
assisted automatic (point at the centre of an eye and, if need be, adjust the threshold)
manual (draw the selection and, if need be, adjust the threshold)
Number 3 (what GIMP has) is the most important, since it would always work. Number 1 and 2 would be very nice to have. Hopefully number 1 (already requested in ticket #549 (closed)) would work most of the time, and the other two would only be needed when the software gets it wrong and the user needs to help.
--- Bug imported by chaz@yorba.org 2013-11-25 21:43 UTC ---
This bug was previously known as bug 1144 at http://redmine.yorba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1144
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