What is the red/blue offset effect in this photo called, and can it be created in-camera?

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I’m trying to identify the red/blue doubled look in a photo. I first thought it might be chromatic aberration, but it seems more like a deliberate effect. What is this effect called, and is there a way to create a similar look without using Photoshop or other post-processing?

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That is definitely not chromatic aberration. It looks like an artistic effect inspired by Anaglyph images, which are those old style 3D images that used red and blue goggles.

Edit: On further inspection it appears to actually be an anaglyph image, although it is of course possible that this was used as an artistic effect.

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This is not chromatic aberration. It looks like an anaglyph effect—the red/blue offset associated with old 3D images viewed with colored glasses. In this case it may be a true anaglyph image or simply using that look as an artistic effect.

You can create a similar result without Photoshop, but it’s typically done either in-camera with multiple exposures/alignment tricks or with optical/color-filter experimentation rather than as a normal lens artifact. The key point is that it’s a deliberate red/cyan channel offset, not a flaw like chromatic aberration.

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