Have you ever noticed a "halo" effect on your images? Perhaps around the edge of objects? Particularly where the highlights meet the mid-tones or the mid-tones meet the shadows? If so, you're not alone! This is known as Chromatic Aberration. This past weekend, I was editing wedding photographs and I needed to correct the "chromatic aberration" in a few of my images. In the image below, you can see my RAW file in Photoshop Raw and the pink arrows are pointing out the halos.
These halos - also known as "color fringes" - can be seen as different colors: red, green, blue, etc. The first thing you want to do to try and combat Chromatic Aberration is to ensure that you're shooting RAW (vs. JPEG or other file types). From there, you can open your file in Adobe Photoshop's Camera Raw program and select the Lens Correction tab. In the video tutorial below, learn how to adjust your Chromatic Aberration in Raw and you can also learn how fixing this issue can help you with your HDR images:
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| Fiander, Melanie, from Melissa & Jason, 2016. |
These halos - also known as "color fringes" - can be seen as different colors: red, green, blue, etc. The first thing you want to do to try and combat Chromatic Aberration is to ensure that you're shooting RAW (vs. JPEG or other file types). From there, you can open your file in Adobe Photoshop's Camera Raw program and select the Lens Correction tab. In the video tutorial below, learn how to adjust your Chromatic Aberration in Raw and you can also learn how fixing this issue can help you with your HDR images:
Herrmann, Klaus. "How to Remove Chromatic Aberration in Adobe Camera Raw." YouTube. N.p., 05 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 July 2016.