Red eye issues

I was wondering if someone with more experience cam help me. I have a picture in iphoto that needs major red eye editing. When I proceede to remove the redeye and then save my work, I proceede to open the picture again and it is only partially corrected. It is as if it did not stick.
I anyone can offer some help I would be very appreciative
Marc

There's a trick that may help you here. You can change the red-eye tool into a circle that you can resize and place over the eye in your photo to tell iPhoto exactly where to remove the red. I've found it helpful in cases where the photo has lots of red and iPhoto would put splotches in strange places, no matter how well I clicked on the eye.
The following is a quote from Old Toad:
There are a lot of "undocumented" or "very hard to find" gems for getting more out of iPhoto. I've gleamed most of them from the forums. One of the most useful is how to change the size of the red eye tool and the size and intensity of the retough tool. Another poster found it somehow and shared it. It's :
How to Change the Size of the Retouch and Red-Eye Removal Tool
Type Caps lockControl9
Undo caps lock
Click on the Retouch or Red-Eye Removal tool
The tab key will toggle between cursor types, a cross or a circle
The "[" and "]" keys decrease or increase the size accordingly.
NOTE: Using the "{" "}" keys will will change the value next to the circle and that represents the degree of change or intensity that the tool imparts on each pass.
I never would have found it on my own. That's why these forums are so valuable - sharing the tips with others.

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