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JuStDaVe
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Sep 25, 2004 08:50 |  #1

I take pics on a tripod and they are coming out yellowish at night ...

how can i adjust the white balance in photoshop ?

auto levels etc isnt working is there any actions or easy easy tutorials ?

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Sep 25, 2004 09:28 |  #2

It would probably be easier to change White Balance in your camera. Are these shots just moonlit, are are they illuminated by electric lights. Incandescent lamps will impart a yellowish tint that's easily corrected in the camera. Mercury vapor lamps are a bigger problem.


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Sep 25, 2004 09:31 |  #3

Use the Levels tool. There are three pipettes in the Levels dialog - one to set the black, one to set the gray and one to set the white point. For more info, see the help file of Photoshop about the Levels tool. The Curves tool has the same three pipettes.


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Sep 25, 2004 14:08 |  #4

I notice you have a 300D, you could shoot in RAW then you have much more control over white balance when converting from RAW to jpg/tiff/whatever in Photoshops Camera Raw.


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Sep 25, 2004 18:03 |  #5

at the moment i take a pic of something white and set it to the custom white balance but i find it not correct as the lights are all dif in the area dif darkness ?

is that how u ment to use it ?


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Sep 25, 2004 18:32 |  #6

JuStDaVe wrote:
at the moment i take a pic of something white and set it to the custom white balance but i find it not correct as the lights are all dif in the area dif darkness ?

is that how u ment to use it ?

If you are shooting in RAW mode (as opposed to JPEG), you can pretty much ignore the white balance setting on the camera and adjust it when you convert from RAW to JPEG. The RAW converters have a white balance slider that lets you set the white balance (in degrees Kelvin). The downside to shooting in RAW is the files use much more space, and there is the added time it takes to convert from RAW to JPEG. In my opinion, it's worth it for the extra control you get over your images.


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