Comments on: Photoshop Friday : A More Accurate White Balance

By: Allie

Allie — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:47:19 +0000

Hi!
Thanks for the tips!
Any ideas on how to do this in elements? I only have the option of using the dropper–no drop downs–so I wasn’t sure if I was able to use this in elements.
I appreciate all the tutorials! They are WONDERFUL to beginners like me :)
P.S. How do you get such a nice clean, bright coloring to your pictures? I love your style.

By: ariana

ariana — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:14:00 +0000

Hi Angelina, in the follow up comment I noted that there was some disagreement to the exact % of magenta and that 50% is too high.. if you keep it to about 1/3 I think you will find you rarely need to warm it up more!

By: Angelina

Angelina — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:52:06 +0000

Help! When I follow this tutorial to a T it seems as though the skin tones can end up hit or miss. I have even watched your skin tone tutorial, and do a check of the numbers after fixing the white balance, and sometimes they’re on and sometimes they’re off. Even the picture you demonstrate looks like if you checked the skin tones after the tutorial you would end up needed to warm it up a little. Not sure how to correctly phrase my question, but not sure why this doesn’t always seem to get skin tones right.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:31:28 +0000

thank you soooo much for this! I have a few pics that I just couldn’t get right. I tried this out on a few & voila! thank you thank you! Your tutorials are sooooo helpful! I can read all day long & not get it, but when I watch you do it & the way you explain it…I get it! You are amazing!

By: Georgia

Georgia — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:57:38 +0000

Oh hehe it’s ok! I know Photoshop well enough that I can follow the menu clickage. I’ve been using this method now to properly set Curves layers instead of the screen/soft light layer combination. The latest image of my husband in flickr was done via this tutorial!

By: ariana

ariana — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:13:58 +0000

Georgia, yeah I’m sorry about that.. Jasper was sleeping in the next room and I was whispering. I may have to redo this one..

By: Georgia

Georgia — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:48:15 +0000

Thanks! The sound is really low though :( I had to turn my speakers all the way up and I could still barely hear you.

By: CMC

CMC — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:00:05 +0000

I love your photoshop tips! Thanks for posting. Great pics Jeff posted on FB of Jasper on his motorcycle!!!

By: HamiHarri

HamiHarri — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:24:52 +0000

I love your tutorials…I just need to get a faster comp to allow my photoshop to work better :P

By: jbhat

jbhat — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:01:41 +0000

You have a good weekend too! So glad it’s Friday…