How to fix Chroma Moire and Chromatic Aberration during Post Production

Here is my post fix for chrome moire that I see in the footage from todays Canon DSLR’s. I’m demonstrating in After Effects but once you understand the principles you can adapt it to Final Cut and Premiere. I also use this technique to remove Chromatic Aberration. Note: this will not work for luma (greyscale) moire.

The example below is three frames from the original footage for Broken (with Liz Dugas). The material texture created a pattern that clashed with the Canon sensor and a rainbow of moire flickered and shimmered across the frames.

You will need to know how to create a shape and how to set keyframes so that the shape animates over time. There are plenty of tutorials on youtube for this so I’m not going to explain it here.

Create your shapes, use the eyedropper to set the color close to the material, give them a soft edge and set key frames.

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