How to Fix Vignetting in Photoshop

A vignette is when unwanted shadows appear at the corners or edges of your photograph, usually from a lens hood or flash.

Vignetting is when light falls off an image (usually from your camera lens, lens hood or flash), leaving unwelcome shadows at the edges of your photograph. Fortunately, Photoshop offers an easy fix to this problem in the "Distort" menu.

Things You'll Need

• Photoshop

Instructions

1. Launch Photoshop and open the vignetted image you would like to fix.

2. Duplicate the photo layer in the Layers palette by clicking on the drop-down menu and selecting "Duplicate."

3. Select the new duplicated layer, leaving the original untouched.

4. Apply the "Lens Correction Filter" to your image by selecting "Filter" then "Distort" and "Lens Correction."

5. Adjust the various sliders, starting with the "Vignette Amount," sliding toward lighten until your dark vignette edges have disappeared. Adjust the midpoint if the lighten slider does not work to your liking. Adjust the additional sliders only if needed.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also fix vignette problems using the clone tool, layer blending and lighten modes, but these are more advanced, time-consuming techniques.

References

• Mcgreerphoto.blogspot.com: Image Distortion and Vignetting
• PhotoshopEssentials.com: Darkening Photo Edges