>> Does 
>> anyone have experience of shooting unfiltered in fluorescent light
>> and successfully correcting in Photoshop?
> 
> Shoot a Macbeth Color Checker and use that to set the initial
> Black/White/Greypoint in curves and save the curve. Apply this curve as a
> starting point for the real images.

Dear Thomas, I have great curiosity  about this info. Is this just so
simple? If so, what is the use or rationale to include all other color
patches in the card ( 24 in total)?
I find that if I set ( in Levels) the White point first ( at a value of ,
say 245 instead of 255) and followed by the Black POint ( set at 10 or 15)
then there is no way I can have the Grey point to fall in the Expected 128
target value. THis is odd to me and still have no defined workaround for
this, specially since it has happened on some ocasions that the order of the
color  sampling( Black first of Grey first) introduces changes in the
overall values.

Do you have a formal, foolprof way to set a standard calibration with this
Color Card Checker ( by GretagMacbeth)??

I will really thank you for being as detailed as possible in your
explanation. I have been working with the card for sometime, and even though
it has helped me somehow, still there are some "holes" in the behaviour of
it ( at least  when using a Canon D60).
Checking the Color values (Info Pallette in PS7)  of the Card's Patches
introduces the obvious need to run a full set of Selective Color adjustments
to get close to their target values, so a simple Black/ White and Grey
Points is not good enough according to my tests. It follows then that files
shot in same conditions should also be loaded with all those adjustments.

I will appreciate your comments. I keep running tests with this card and
include it in every shooting I do, along with Custom White Balance for each
lighting situation.

Thanks in advance

  Jorge Parra
 

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