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Issues With WB During Post Processing In Lightroom 6

 
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May 25, 2018 00:45 |  #1

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I'm currently using Lightroom 6 and have always had issues with WB, but it's starting to slow down my workflow. I always shoot RAW and use the flash WB setting in camera since I just use 2 Yognuo strobes and the results look great in the preview screen of my 6D, but in Lightroom they always look different. I'll give you an example of something that happened recently, I was taking some pictures of items that I sell on eBay which happens to be clothing and the black items have a slight bluish tint and it's very difficult for me to remove the tint in post. Is there anything I can do to avoid this?

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May 25, 2018 07:15 |  #2

What you see on the camera's LCD is pretty much irrelevant. It is an uncalibrated and not color managed display of a jpg processed by Canon firmware. There is no point of comparison to a monitor showing a preview of Adobe processing in a color managed app (Lightroom). Of course, unless your monitor has been calibrated and profiled the color management may be somewhat lame, depending on what generic profile the OS chooses. Moreover, if you are processing photos for the web, eBay or whatever, you can have no control over what others are seeing. All you can do is satisfy yourself that you have done your best.

I always shoot RAW and use the flash WB setting in camera since I just use 2 Yognuo strobes

I wouldn't do it this way. The camera's Flash preset is tuned to fit Canon flashes, the Yongnuo flash tubes may have a different color. And for some Canon flash + camera setups the two communicate and because flash color changes as flash duration changes, the Flash WB is altered accordingly.
I would use a certified neutral grey card and insert it into a shot at the subject location and later use that shot to set the WB in Lightroom with the eyedropper probe.

the black items have a slight bluish tint

In the Calibration panel, try using the Shadow/Hue slider which will modify the way that the selected profile renders the dark tones. Or alternatively, the Split Toning panel.


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May 25, 2018 10:50 as a reply to  @ tzalman's post |  #3

So basically I will need to continue altering the WB until I arrive at a desired look? I understand the concept of using a gray card to adjust the WB, but once imported to Lightroom won't I still have to adjust the WB to get the desired look since the image I am seeing on screen will be different from the RAW in camera preview?

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There is no such thing as a raw in-camera preview. What you see on the back of Canon cameras is a JPG generated from the Picture Style in effect at the time of exposure. Ignore it. If you must use it, set it to (N, 0, 0, 0, 0). Nothing in Picture Style has any effect on your raw capture, or in your photos' post-processing potential.




  
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May 25, 2018 11:31 |  #5

If you like the look of the camera preview and don't wish to post-process, why not just shoot JPEG? The camera preview is the same as the camera-produced JPEG.


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May 25, 2018 11:31 as a reply to  @ Bassat's post |  #6

Sorry, that's what I meant. Just meant the JPG preview of the RAW image.

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May 25, 2018 11:33 as a reply to  @ rrblint's post |  #7

I was thinking about doing that for these shots since I sell on eBay and primarily use my camera for product photography. I can use RAW in conditions where I have less control of the lighting.

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May 25, 2018 12:08 as a reply to  @ david.g.photo84's post |  #8

Great, it should work out fine. Just be sure to set sRGB as the color workspace.


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