Comments on: White Balancing Made Easy http://blog.georgegumpert.com/2006/07/27/white_balancing_made_easy/ Design. One Step at a Time. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: georgegumpert http://blog.georgegumpert.com/2006/07/27/white_balancing_made_easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 georgegumpert Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:02:50 +0000 #comment-1015 The threshold layers make it easy to see the whitest whites and the blackest blacks, so you can see where your darkest and lightest areas are to get the best white balance. In effect it's letting you look at the raw highlight/shadow area. I like your tip about Exposure adjustment- it just goes to show how versatile a tool Photoshop is! The threshold layers make it easy to see the whitest whites and the blackest blacks, so you can see where your darkest and lightest areas are to get the best white balance. In effect it’s letting you look at the raw highlight/shadow area.

I like your tip about Exposure adjustment- it just goes to show how versatile a tool Photoshop is!

]]> By: Jef http://blog.georgegumpert.com/2006/07/27/white_balancing_made_easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Jef Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:46:40 +0000 #comment-1014 I don't understand what you are doing with the Treshold layers here.. They don't have any visible effect on the image other than splitting it into either black or white areas. I followed all the steps you took but just can't manage to come up with the same result. Could you tell me what I'm missing here? As an alternative, might I suggest using the Exposure adjustment layer. If you use the photo with Chris found here, an exposure adjustment of -0,20 and a gamma correction of 1.10 give you a very similar result, with far less steps. To finish off the job, you would then need to apply a Curves adjustment layer as you already mentioned. If you find the time, I'd really appreciate an email. Keep up the good work! :) I don’t understand what you are doing with the Treshold layers here.. They don’t have any visible effect on the image other than splitting it into either black or white areas. I followed all the steps you took but just can’t manage to come up with the same result. Could you tell me what I’m missing here?

As an alternative, might I suggest using the Exposure adjustment layer. If you use the photo with Chris found here, an exposure adjustment of -0,20 and a gamma correction of 1.10 give you a very similar result, with far less steps.
To finish off the job, you would then need to apply a Curves adjustment layer as you already mentioned.

If you find the time, I’d really appreciate an email.
Keep up the good work! :)

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