PhixitAdd a chromatic aberration effect
Cheap lenses bend red and blue light by slightly different amounts, leaving colored fringes toward the edges. Added on purpose, it gives photos a retro, toy-camera or glitch feel.
Free, no sign-up. Your photo stays on your device. Try it on a sample photo
How to add chromatic aberration
- Choose or drop a photo. It opens with Color fringe applied.
- Adjust Color fringe: the effect grows from nothing in the center to its strongest in the corners.
- Save from Export.
Good to know
- The Toy camera look combines fringe with a heavy vignette and punchy color.
- High-contrast edges, such as branches against sky, show the effect most.
- A little goes a long way; strong settings look like a broken lens.
Questions
What is chromatic aberration?
A lens flaw where colors focus at slightly different places, leaving red and blue edges.
Can this tool remove chromatic aberration?
No, it only adds it. Removing it needs data about the lens that took the photo.
Why is the center unaffected?
Real lenses behave that way too: the fringes grow toward the edges.
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