On Oct 4, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Gonz wrote: >> Why not just adjust the white balance until it is correct and never >> mind what color temperature the RAW converter wants to report? > > Because its nice to start with a reference you know and adjust from > there, instead of blindly moving the white balance around until you > like it.
In Camera Raw, use the grayscale eyedropper on a segment of the photo that you feel represents a medium-light gray tone. ACR will set the color temperature and tint to match that to a reference value for a medium-light gray, which should make whites look white and that spot look gray if your monitor is properly calibrated and you've set up your color preferences correctly. Make fine tuning adjustments from there. If you haven't got a calibrated monitor setup and/or haven't set up your color preference, anything you see on screen is likely to be off any expected color temperature/color cast setting... Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
