The problem with the eyedropper technique is there is not always a suitable spot to sample anywhere in the image.
Probably the best and safest way to ensure a good white balance is to take an extra shot under the same lighting w/ a neutral gray card in scene and use that for auto white balance adjustment & reference image WB to adjust actual image WB manually. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:41 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: SV: Better K10D exposure-tests (Was:*ist-Ds Vs. K10D imagequality?) On Feb 13, 2007, at 8:09 AM, John Whittingham wrote: >> The key to getting a good white balance is to find and sample a light >> gray area, not a white area... > > I've tried that at first but it never seemed right, maybe I need to > re- > install. BTW which version of ACR are you using? Right now I'm using Camera Raw v3.6. But the technique isn't limited to Camera Raw ... I use the same in Lightroom and in Photoshop on RGB images using a Layers Adjustment Layer with the sampler tools. For the latter, I set up samplers on target areas with a 5x5 sampling, then use the grayscale eyedropper after the white point and black point droppers. I doubt you have to re-install anything, though. Finding the *right* gray spot to sample is the trick. ;-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
