Looking at ways for creating Chromatic Aberration Cyril Kotecky shows some methods for creating Chromatic Aberration in After Effects, placing the finishing touches on a composition with Standard After Effects tools as well as a Third Party resource.
Chromatic Aberration is a type of distortion caused when a camera’s lens fails to focus on all colors along the outer boundaries of an object, causing noticeable fringes of color
As Cyril notes, Chromatic Aberration can be used to add realism to a project or rendering, but it can also be used as a stylistic choice. Starting with creating a realistic Chromatic Aberration in After Effects, and then moving on to pushing the format to an extreme, Cyril shows how it can be used to build on some very stylized looks. Check out the tutorial for Adding Chromatic Aberration in After Effects here.
