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Using a WhiBal card for white balance

Using a WhiBal card for white balance - Photoshop Tutorial

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Using a WhiBal card for white balance

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- Earlier, you saw me calculate a manual light balance in-camera, by using this little gray card. So, I had Heather hold the card, I took a picture of it, and then I used that as the source for the camera's white balance calculation. There's another way that I can use that card though, this card though, which is to use it in a way that will aid me in my post-production. I'm shooting raw, and because I'm shooting raw, I can change my white balance after the fact. To do that, I need to know that there's something in the scene that's gray. Heather is wearing purple, black and green, and sitting in front of rocks that are an intense red color. I don't know that there's anything in here gray, so maybe the specular highlights on her earrings. It's better to just use this. So, this is a WhiBal card, that's W-H-I-B-A-L. What I really like about this card, is it's small. It is a true spectrally neutral gray, that means no matter what angle I have it at, I'm still gonna get a good gray reading…

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