white balance

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i set my camera at auto WB...and have been shooting jpegs
now i am trying raw and understand all the data is ready for treatment and then save as jpeg
so i do the regular things like contrast saturation etc simple stuff..sharpen and save as tiff or jpeg
i cant recall any adjustments i do for wb...except my camera is set at auto...so it doesnt enter my head
how do i adjust this in raw if it has to under my circumstances
cheers
geof
 
i set my camera at auto WB...and have been shooting jpegs
now i am trying raw and understand all the data is ready for treatment and then save as jpeg
so i do the regular things like contrast saturation etc simple stuff..sharpen and save as tiff or jpeg
i cant recall any adjustments i do for wb...except my camera is set at auto...so it doesnt enter my head
how do i adjust this in raw if it has to under my circumstances
cheers
geof

Hi Geof - what software are you using to process the raw files?
 
Hi Geof - what software are you using to process the raw files?

either oloneo photo engine which is for hdr but supports raw
or
stepok freebie...which does about 4 things to adjust
or
picassa 3 which supports raw and has sort of dumbed down click and slide adjustements....

there may be more but WB adjusting was never a thought so i could be missing something in those software packages

my ps 2 is too old to take a raw plug in

thanks for your reply
cheers
geof
 
Geof,

It may be called Color Temperature rather than White Balance.

This link mentions Color temperature when you do tone mapping in Oloneo

http://modifiedphoto.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/a-review-and-tutorial-for-oloneo-photoengine-hdr-software/

i saw that and usually left as 'as shot'...but i can see there are choices and/or a slider which i will try out...
usually the shot looks ok but i think i ought to be able to adjust the wb just in case the lighting wasnt good/artificial or i want the shot to look a bit different..usually skin tones
many thanks
cheers
geof
 
In Photoshop Elements it's the temperature slider measured in degrees kelvin, i always leave my WB on auto in camera. You might also want to try PS if you haven't already Geof ?
 
In Photoshop Elements it's the temperature slider measured in degrees kelvin, i always leave my WB on auto in camera. You might also want to try PS if you haven't already Geof ?

hell...i havent even seen the temperature control in ps 2..
when i get home i will check that out
sounds like i am on good ground with the wb set on auto and then doing the colour temp in raw later if there are variations
thanks and
cheers
geof
 
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