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- Color and white balanceWhite Balance Settings and Custom White Balance What is white balance? White balance is the camera setting that adjusts colors to compensate for the color of the light, so that white and neutral gray objects look neutral in the…
- Editing and retouchingWhite Balance and Color Correction …and natural before any creative look. The principles were covered in white balance settings, RAW and white-balance flexibility and color correction versus creative color grading.…
- Color gradingPrimary Correction: Exposure, Contrast and White Balance …s begin every shot with a clean primary correction: setting black and white points, balancing neutrals, shaping contrast and saturation, all checked on scopes. They work quickly on…
- Color and white balanceRAW and White-Balance Flexibility …er image formats. Here we look only at what that difference means for white balance and color. How white balance is stored In a RAW file, the camera's white balance choice is just…
- Color and white balanceMixed Lighting and Difficult Color …r side by a warm lamp. What is mixed lighting? The problem is simple: white balance, from white balance settings, can only make one color of light look neutral. If you balance for…
- Editing and retouchingLocal and Targeted Adjustments …color casts: warm a cold shaded area or cool a lamp-lit corner, as in white balance and color correction. Add texture or clarity locally to rocks, bark or fabric, avoiding skin. Re…
- Color and white balanceColor Harmony, Contrast and Visual Emphasis …with selective saturation, covered in saturation and vibrance and white balance and color correction. Over-saturation: pushing every color makes the photo loud and unnatural. A bri…
- Color and white balanceColor in Composition and Storytelling …es everything in this course: the color of light (color temperature), white balance (white balance), relationships (color relationships) and harmony (color harmony). Common color a…
- Types of photographyProduct, Commercial and E-Commerce Photography …y objects and glass, was covered in lighting products and still life. White backgrounds were covered in background lighting and subject separation. Marketplace requirements Online…
- Smartphone photo and filmProduct Photos for Online Selling with a Phone …eed Marketplaces often have rules for the main photo, such as a plain white background and the product filling most of the frame, explained in product, commercial and e-commerce ph…
- Editing and retouchingLevels and Tonal Adjustment …es of an image by moving three input points (black point, midtone and white point) and two output points, shown over the image's histogram. You learned to read histograms in histog…
- Photography foundationsVideo Mode and Basic Video Settings …ge brightness in the middle of a shot, for example when a person in a white shirt walks past. For steady results, use manual exposure, or lock the exposure once it looks right. Mem…
- Workflow and deliveryRAW Development Workflow …RAW file into a finished image by choosing its color interpretation, white balance, brightness, contrast, color and detail. The name comes from developing film in a darkroom. RAW…
- Editing and retouchingCropping, Straightening and Basic Corrections …ent workflow: profile and lens corrections, crop and straighten, then white balance and tone. This lesson covers geometry and basic tone; white balance is covered in white balance…
- Photography foundationsPicture Styles, Image Profiles and Basic Camera Customization …hrome style while shooting RAW + JPEG. You see the scene in black and white on the screen, which trains your eye to notice light and shape, but your RAW file still keeps all the co…
- Photography foundationsPhotography and Videography: Still and Moving Images …ewer's eye, as in what makes a photograph visually effective. Color: white balance and color mood matter just as much, as in white balance settings. Motion: choosing frame rates an…
- Photography foundationsYour First Video Clips: Practice Exercises …a fixed frame rate, a shutter speed near double the frame rate, fixed white balance and a fast memory card. Exercise 1: the 10-second steady shot Choose a simple subject, such as a…
- Lenses and filtersNeutral-Density Filters …cool, especially strong and cheaper ones. Shooting RAW and correcting white balance afterwards fixes most of this. Better filters stay closer to neutral and keep the image sharp. L…
- Natural lightSunlight, Open Shade and Overcast Conditions …color: light from blue sky is cool, so skin may look bluish; correct white balance as explained in white balance settings. Excellent for: portraits without squinting, forests (no…
- Natural lightWindow Light and Indoor Natural Light …that daylight changes during long recordings, so check exposure and white balance between takes, as in interview lighting. How professionals use windows Many portrait, newborn, fo…
- Natural lightGolden Hour, Blue Hour and Changing Daylight …ck what lies in the direction of the sun when you scout. Color and white balance Golden hour is warm and blue hour is cool. Your camera's automatic white balance may try to "correc…
- Flash and studio lightingCreative Lighting Techniques …pular look: put an orange (CTO) gel on the flash and set the camera's white balance for warm light. The subject looks normal, while the background and sky turn deep blue. Colored b…
- Flash and studio lightingLighting Ratios, Contrast and Consistency …contrast): increase fill power, move the fill closer, use a larger or white reflector. Use manual flash power and fixed light positions, as explained in TTL and manual flash. Keep…
- Flash and studio lightingProfessional Lighting Workflow …hlight warning for clipping, as in the histogram. Check color and set white balance, covered in white balance settings. Look at the edges of the frame for stands, cables and flare.…
- Flash and studio lightingInterview Lighting: Three-Point Setups …of the line, as in continuity and the axis of action, and match their white balance and exposure. How professionals light interviews Documentary and corporate crews usually choose…
- Color and white balanceWhy Photographs Have Color …, and longer wavelengths look orange and red. Color starts with light White light, such as daylight, contains a mix of all these wavelengths. A prism or a rainbow splits white ligh…
- Color and white balanceColor Temperature and the Appearance of Light …n a perfectly black object is heated, it glows red, then orange, then white, then bluish as it gets hotter. The color of light is compared with the color of that glowing object at…
- Color and white balanceColor Relationships and Complementary Colors …yellow, and to reduce green you add magenta, which is exactly how the white balance temperature and tint sliders work, as you learned in color temperature. Complementary colors in…
- Color and white balanceColor Correction Versus Creative Color Grading Correction and grading, defined Color correction builds on white balance from white balance settings and RAW flexibility from RAW and white-balance flexibility. Grading builds on c…
- Color and white balanceColor for Video: Log Footage, LUTs and Display Standards …ight and color from earlier lessons still applies: color temperature, white balance and color harmony, as in white balance settings and custom white balance. In photography, color…