I'm assuming you mean Auto white balance and not ISO, right? In my version of iPhoto (one gen from the latest) the WB function is one of its strongest features. You can choose an eyedropper function to click a white or grey point. And you can also adjust temperature and tint. Exactly like the demo version of Photoshop I've been playing with.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@mac.com> wrote: > The cameras' Auto ISO algorithms simply have a relatively limited range of > adaptation/adjustment. It doesn't make much difference to me whether I spend > a half second in Lightroom to color correct white balance, so that's a > pretty small advantage. I don't think I've ever moved any of my cameras' > settings from Auto ISO. > > If making the processing effort smaller by whatever increment is important > to you, then I'm glad it's working well. However, I suspect it's more that > iPhoto's adjustment tools are relatively primitive compared to ACR or > Lightroom that is really making the difference. iPhoto isn't exactly a > paragon of image processing applications, although used sensibly it can do a > pretty nice job. I've simply found it too awkward to obtain the results I > want when I try it. That's one of the tradeoffs of using no-cost software. > > Godfrey > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Nick Wright wrote: > >> Not having to fiddle with it during processing is a huge functional >> advantage in my book. >> >> I know since it's captured in RAW the WB is not locked in, but it >> still shows up in the RAW converter at the setting I shot it. I could >> change it if I liked. But I really prefer to spend as little time as >> possible playing with my pictures in the computer. >> >> Also the colors of the photos I shot with the custom WB are "right" to >> me. I did not have to adjust the color at all. I adjusted the exposure >> and contrast in iPhoto but that was it. The photos that I did not set >> my WB required a lot of tweaking and I still don't like the way they >> look. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
