Transforming Images In Camera Raw; White Balance Controls For Camera Raw Files - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Transforming images in Camera Raw

White balance controls for camera raw files

A digital camera records the white balance at the time of exposure as a metadata entry. After Effects can read the
white balance settings of some cameras and makes it the initial setting 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 has three controls for correcting a color cast in your image. The
Calibrate tab also has a control for correcting a shadow color cast (a color cast that remains in the shadows even after
the white balance is adjusted).
Sets the color balance to reflect the lighting conditions under which the photo was taken. In some
White Balance
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: Leave White Balance set to As Shot to use the camera's white balance settings. For cameras whose white balance
settings are not recognized by After Effects, As Shot is the same as Auto; After Effects reads the image data and automat-
ically 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 Camera Raw 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 image colors become warmer (yellowish) to compensate for the higher color temperature (bluish) of the
ambient light.
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 color temperature adjustment
A
B
C
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