Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

>>> What's white balance?

>> Better called white point.

> I disagree, that confuses the nomenclature. White point and black  
> point, in the context of image processing and adjustment, are the  
> limits at which you place the exposure values beyond which values are  
> saturated and zeroed, respectively. White balance is where you place  
> the "white" color temperature.
> 
> White point is the "white" color temperature setting in the context  
> of a monitor calibration and color space profile.
> 
> The use of this expression is pretty specific.
> 
> Godfrey

Precisely stated and correct.

The words we put together in a descriptive phrase ARE important, 
technically speaking.

Thanks for clarifying that distinction, Godfrey...

keith whaley



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