The basics

ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0 FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
For Daylight, Incandescent, Cloudy and Flash options selecting positive values will increase the
amount of blue in the image. Alternatively, negative numbers will increase the red content.
If you have selected Fluorescent as your light source then the Fine-tuning feature will allow you
to select one of three different white balance settings. FL1 is suitable for tubes marked ‘white’,
FL2 should be used with ‘Daylight White’ fl uorescents and FL3 is
for those labelled ‘Daylight’.
2.08 Applying fi ne-tuning automatically
Suitable for Elements – 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0 | Diffi culty level – Intermediate
Related techniques – 2.07
If you are like me and fi nd manually fi ne-tuning hampers the
fl ow of your photography – shoot, stop, switch to menu, fi ne-tune
white balance, shoot again, stop, switch to menu … you get the
idea – then check to see if you camera has an Auto White Balance
Bracketing option. This feature automatically shoots a series of
three images starting with the standard white balance settings
and then adding a little blue and fi nally a little red.
I fi nd white balance bracketing particularly useful when shooting
diffi cult subjects like the hand blown colored glass in the example.
As three separate images are saved I can make decisions about the
most appropriate color by previewing them on my work station’s
Fine-tuning white balance >>
With some models white
balance settings can be fi netuned
to suit specifi c lighting
scenarios. With this camera
plus values add blue to the
picture and negative values
add red.
large color calibrated monitor later rather than the small preview Auto fi ne-tuning >> The White
Balance Bracketing option
screen on the back of my camera in the fi eld.
automatically captures several
pictures with slightly different color
settings. (a) Standard setting.
(b) + Red. (c) + Blue.
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