CORRECTION OF DISTORTIONS IN DIGITAL IMAGES

An image captured utilizing a digital camera and a flash is processed by locating distortions of said captured image due to said flash such as “red-eye” effects and removing them. The process includes the steps of determining if the flash is on 11, if so, determining any faces within the captured image 12, locating eyes within said faces 13, determining if “red-eye” removal is required 14, and if so, correcting for such effects 15 and storing corrected image 16 in a memory device of the digital camera.