The larger the number the cooler the color temperature. If you are shooting in RAW (and of course you should be) this scale is displayed in degrees of Kelvin. First is Temperature – cool tones to warm tones. The White Balance controls in Lightroom are comprised of two sets opposing colors. In the example above the tree line stands out much more in the adjusted image because of the contrast between the cool tones in the sky and mountains against the ribbon of warm autumn aspen leaves, compared to the before where the magenta cast overwhelmed the entire image, obscuring the color separation. The eye is drawn to warm tones, especially when placed next to cooler tones. It is always a primary driving factor in the overall mood of your image as well. Getting this set correctly right off the bat is vital to being able to make good decisions about light, exposure and all the other color decisions to come about your image. The image was taken in some challenging pre-dawn overcast conditions, resulting in Auto White Balance making poor choices.Īdobe engineers, overall, did a really great job of organizing Lightroom’s controls and panels in my opinion, so it should come as no surprise that White Balance is right at the top of the stack. White Balance Bad Camera! The two histograms in the section above are from these two images – the magenta cast is clearly visible on left.
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