How to add Chromatic Aberration to an Image in Photoshop

In this video I show a couple of methods for adding an effect known as chromatic aberration to an image in photoshop. What is chromatic aberration? I explain what it is briefly.

Note to Windows users: ⌘+J is the same as Crtl+J on your keyboard.

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[FenixDCUO]

Beautifully clear explanation of what causes chromatic aberration. Useful Photoshop technique too. Thanks.

[machin]

ok, that is definitely the best tutorial on chromatic aberration i've seen. thanks a lot, and i will try to use it subtly unlike some other *erm* graphic designers who think it's the new en vogue thing to do

[jacobduncan]

This was a really nice video from someone with only 29 subscribers.

[Juppie]

You the man! other tutorials online show silly ways that don't even work, to get worse results. Damn, never thought its so easy!

[karlmanuel]

brief and informative tutorial. great work!

[BrezzIsBae]

Genuinely a fantastic tutorial. Its straight to the point and really easy to understand. Thanks for the tips :)

[TensionBoogieWoogie]

Thank you, I have been searching for a tutorial (one that actually helps) on this for weeks now!

[MarkArandjus]

Finally, a good tutorial on this. For figital art the first option is actually better, as the lens correction method will slightly distort your image. Not a big deal for a photo, big deal if you're deailing with a drawing (can mess up lineart).
Anyway, thumbsup from me!

[MichaelMa]

Lenses are getting too sharp these days that people look like CGI. I'm here trying to add an analog look back into my images. Thanks for the tutorial!!

[ausrinevalionyte]

Very useful video! Thank you, I'll use this on my drawings

[Mars.]

Good video, it helped me heaps. Thanks!

[vzangel]

This is the best tutorial I have found on this subject. However I have a problem: I'm trying to add chromatic aberration to a render with transparency and a photo as background, so I can't use the first method because the transparency gets all messed up. The second method distorts the image and the render doesn't match the background anymore. I can't flat the hole thing because the photo already has some chromatic aberration, which is why I need to add to the render. I know the easy way would be to remove it from the photo, but I think it would be less realistic since there's already there and it's real.

[rachelkarengreen]

Is there a way to do this but with only orange CA and no blue CA? I can't figure out a way to do this :/

[nicolasreypardellas]

okey bye hahaha, thank you, you´ve explain it like it should

[Bbkagp]

Amazing explanation... I wished I would had you in 3Ds Max, Vray, After Effect, Nuke, Substance Paint, etc :))

[Bbkagp]

I have never understood anything like Chromatic Aberration in my whole life in first shot :))))

[nck]

For me it doesn't work ctrl+J it just makes me a copy of it.. Neither Ctrl+T it just selects the entire layer.