Here’s a short video tutorial on removing chromatic aberration (a.k.a. “purple fringing”) using Photoshop. Big thanks to Renee and Doug for sharing this technique with me.


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Here’s a short video tutorial on removing chromatic aberration (a.k.a. “purple fringing”) using Photoshop. Big thanks to Renee and Doug for sharing this technique with me.


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15 Comments

  1. Rick June 27, 2010 at 2:00 am - Reply

    Thanks for the tip. That was something new to me and it’s such a nice and easy fix. Appreciate the help with my photography :)

  2. nicole branan June 27, 2010 at 9:48 am - Reply

    Cool tip – thanks! I usually use the sponge tool to remove CA but that doesn’t work in all situations so your technique will be helpful!

  3. Jarka September 21, 2010 at 4:36 am - Reply

    Hello Nicol, this is a really useful tip. Quick and effective. I´ll definitely use it on my next photo.

  4. Kathy February 11, 2012 at 11:15 am - Reply

    Thanks for the tip. Because the CA was so strong, I had to push the gaussian blur up to 100 in order to get rid of it.

  5. Frank Ramspott August 7, 2012 at 7:44 am - Reply

    Wow! Great tip! My scans of my pen drawings had a lot of Purple Fringing. Your work-around really helps! Thanks a lot! Frank

  6. julie January 26, 2013 at 6:32 pm - Reply

    Nicole, I have football photos where there is an orange helmet and a white face mask and the fringing is pretty extreme. Where I have black against the face mask I have no problem with this technique but on the orange helmet it turns the purple to grey and I didn’t know if I had to clone the color back in or if there was an easier way to make sure the orange butted up against the white as it should naturally.

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