White Balance

White Balance
White Balance

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Twilight photo

Step 2

Add a Levels adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Levels).
Tip: We use an adjustment layer instead of applying levels directly to the image to practice non-destructive image processing. This way, we always have a backup of the original image as a layer.

Levels adjustment layer added

Step 3

In the Levels tool, click on the Gray Point eyedropper. Your cursor should change into an eyedropper. With this tool, you can click on an area that's supposed to gray (50% gray for best results). For the image we're working on, we can simply select on any cement road that seems closest to 50% gray. Try clicking on a few other locations areas with cement to see which color you get. I had to try several times to find the best spot.

Gray Point Selector

Final Results

Rollover the image to see the before and after effect.

Final Results with Levels Adjustment Layer

Color Correcting with Color Overlay

This is one of the techniques I've developed probably over a year ago when I wasn't very good with Photoshop. It worked very well on some photos, but not on all. If you're unable to fix the white balance with the Levels technique, give this one a try.


Step 1

Download and save the following JPG file to your computer then open it inside Adobe Photoshop.
jpg kitchen 23.94 Kb (right-mouse click> Save As)

Kitchen with Colorcast

Step 2

Try using the Levels technique above. You'll notice that it's difficult to get the correct white balance and even when you do get better results, it doesn'tseem like it's the best. At times like this, the Color Overlay technique will work well.

The Levels Tool

Step 3

Let's start this technique. Duplicate the photo layer and change the blending mode of the new layer to Overlay.

Duplicated Layer

Step 4

Apply an Average filter (Filter> Blur> Average) to the new layer then invert the layer(Ctrl+I).

Average filter applied.

Step 5

To tune the results, open the Hue/Saturation tool (Image> Adjustments> Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U) and adjust the Hue and saturation slightly. Adjusting the hue will affect the tint and adjusting the saturation will affect the strength.

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