Hidden Tools in iPhoto Editing

I just read the article in Macworld Nov. magazine. I was wondering if any of you have used the hints. I tried and liked the "retouch", but the "red eye reduction" tool does not allow me to do a smaller color change, or lighter color change, I think. I can make the red eye reduction tool much larger (which I really do not need) - smaller is what I want. And if there is a difference in the color intensity - it is so faint to notice.
Any comments?
Geraldine
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I read this in a post a while back, and it has really made the red-eye tool go from useless to precise for me.
From Old Toad:
"How to Change the Size of the Retouch and Red-Eye Removal Tool
Type Caps lockControl9
Undo caps lock
Click on Retouch or the Red-Eye Removal tool.
The tab key will toggle between cursor types, a cross or a circle for Red-Eye removal tool and between darken and lighten in the Retouch tool.
The "[" and "]" keys decrease or increase the size accordingly."
So, to reduce the size of the red-eye tool, use the [ key after you set it up as above. If you can't seem to get it small enough, then how about enlarging your view of the photo in Full-Screen Edit mode? Simply slide up the size slider and use the navigation map to find the red eyes, then use the red-eye tool. The use of { and } to change intensity only works for the retouch tool. With the red-eye tool, you are only supposed to use it to correct the pupil of the eye, which is black. I guess that's why you can't change its color.

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