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WHITE BALANCE
The White Balance feature is designed
to enable you to change the white
balance that was set within your
image. Changing the white balance
enables you to not only correct the
white balance setting that was origi-
nally chosen, but also to alter the white
balance in order to introduce a cold or
warm cast into the image.
To change the white balance, click on
the
button for White Balance to
display the White Balance dialog. Within
the White Balance dialog, you can either
select a color temperature for the white
balance, or you can set a gray point
from within the image.
Set Color Temperature Mode
In this mode, you can allow Capture
NX to automatically calculate the white
balance, or you can set the white
balance manually by using one of the
available presets.
Camera White Balance
This displays the white balance set by the
camera when the image was captured.
RAW ONLY
New White Balance
This pull-down Menu provides you with
a number of controls for setting a new
white balance value.
Recorded Value
Selecting this value will set the white
balance to the setting recorded by the
camera.
Calculate Automatically
When you select this value, Capture NX
will determine the best white balance
setting to provide neutral colors
throughout the image.
Incandescent
Select this value if the lighting in your
photograph's scene was provided by an
incandescent or tungsten light source.
You can further modify the setting with
the Fine Adjustment Slider.
Fine Adjustment Slider
This slider enables you to shift the
selected color temperature by + or -
50 Mired.
Daylight
Select this value if the lighting in your
photograph's scene was provided by the
sun. You can further modify this setting
with the Daylight sub-menu and the
Fine Adjustment Slider.
Daylight Sub-Menu
This sub-menu enables you to
choose from three different daylight
situations.
Direct Sunlight
This option sets the color
temperature to 5,200K and is suited
for photographs taken in direct
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