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Understanding color temperature
From the course: Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting
Understanding color temperature
In order to understand how to use your camera's White Balance function, you have to first understand the very important concept of color temperature. So in this movie I am going to break it down quickly before I show you how to white balance. So here's all you really need to know about color temperature to get started. All light has its own particular color temperature. Color temperature affects what color that light will look like on video. So, different light sources, such as sunlight, fluorescent lights, and light from incandescent bulbs all appear as different colors on camera because they all have different color temperatures. Daylight is generally bluish. Fluorescent light bulbs, particularly older ones, tend to be greenish, and fire and candlelight are both very red. The reason it doesn't look that way to our naked eye is that we have built-in auto white balance, so most light appears white to our eyes. However, video cameras see the light as it truly is. So we have to always…
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Learning camera anatomy9m 27s
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Exploring important camera settings5m 52s
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Understanding how to focus3m 17s
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Using tools to achieve better focus6m 10s
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Knowing when to use auto focus2m 52s
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Shooting with shallow depth of field4m 46s
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Understanding exposure5m 5s
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Using neutral density (ND) filters to correct overexposure5m
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Using zebra stripes to accurately judge exposure3m 26s
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Using gain to artificially brighten an underexposed shot3m 3s
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Choosing the right shutter speed4m 13s
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Understanding color temperature3m 6s
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White balancing a shot5m 2s
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