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White balance controls for camera raw
A digital camera records the white balance at the time of exposure as metadata, which you can see when you open
the file in the Camera Raw dialog box. This setting usually yields the correct color temperature. You can adjust it if
the white balance is not quite right.
The Adjust tab in the Camera Raw dialog box includes the following three controls for correcting a color cast in your
image:
Sets the color balance of the image to reflect the lighting conditions under which the photo was taken.
White Balance
In some cases, choosing a white balance from the White Balance menu provides satisfactory results. In many cases,
you may want to customize the white balance using the Temperature and Tint adjustments.
Note: The Camera Raw plug-in can read the white balance settings of some cameras. Leave White Balance set to As Shot
to use the camera's white balance settings. For cameras whose white balance settings are not recognized, selecting As Shot
is the same as choosing Auto: the Camera Raw plug-in reads the image data and automatically adjusts the white balance.
Fine-tunes the white balance to a custom color temperature. Set the color temperature using the Kelvin
Temperature
color temperature scale. Move the slider to the left to correct a photo taken with a lower color temperature of light;
the plug-in makes the image colors bluer to compensate for the lower color temperature (yellowish) of the ambient
light. Conversely, move the slider to the right to correct a photo taken with a higher color temperature of light;
the plug-in makes the image colors warmer (yellowish) to compensate for the higher color temperature (bluish) of
the ambient light.
A
B
C
Correcting the white balance
A. Moving the Temperature slider to the right corrects a photo taken with a higher color temperature of light. B. Moving the Temperature slider
to the left corrects a photo taken with a lower color temperature of light. C. Photo after the color temperature is adjusted.
Fine-tunes the white balance to compensate for a green or magenta tint. Move the slider to the left (negative
Tint
values) to add green to the photo; move it to the right (positive values) to add magenta.
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