Graphics Programs Reference
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Edge Vignetting: How to Fix It and How to Add It for Effect
If you're looking at a photo and the corners of the photo appear darker, that's lens vignet-
ting. Generally, I look at it this way: If it's just the corners, and they're just a little bit dark,
that's a problem and I fix it. However, sometimes I want to focus the viewer's attention on
a particular area, so I create a vignette, but I expand it significantly beyond the corners, so
it looks like an intentional soft spotlight effect. Here's how to fix (or create) vignettes:
Step One:
Here, you can see the dark areas in the corners (that's the bad vignetting). This is normally
caused by the camera's lens, so don't blame yourself (unless you bought a really cheap
lens—then feel free to give yourself as much grief as you can bear). To remove this vign-
etting from the corners, start by clicking on the Lens Corrections icon (the sixth icon from
the left) at the top of the Panel area. In the Profile tab, turn on the Enable Lens Profile Cor-
rections checkbox and Photoshop tries to remove the edge vignetting based on your lens'
make and model (it learns this from your image's EXIF data. See page
52
for more on this).
If the image still needs correcting, try the Vignetting slider under Correction Amount.
