You're absolutely correct Godfrey. In the context of Mark's comment, I incorrectly referred to white balance (he talked about brightning an image using levels). Answering Frank's querry, I realized I had mis stated & proceeded to give the background to what I meant, but had incorrectly named.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Watch that white balance, folks! >>> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
