What is a WhiBal?

It’s simply a calibrated color reference that reflects red, green and blue light equally. It’s guaranteed to be neutral. Any reference shot with the WhiBal in it will have a known color value. With that known value, you can correct any color cast by the light source on your scene.

What is a white balance card?

A white balance card (or gray card) helps you adjust the white balance and exposure settings of images by providing a reference point. The reference point prompts your camera to compensate for any white light on an image.

What is G7 card?

Show More. To get the best from your digital camera, use a gray card to accurately set white balance. WhiBal’s G7 White Balance Pocket Card is an extremely accurate, convenient gray card that fits in a shirt pocket, and can be used in any shooting situation.

How do you custom white balance?

Set Your White Balance Manually

1. Photograph Something White Or Mid-Gray. First, you’re going to photograph something white or mid-gray which illuminated by the same light source affecting your intended subject.
2. Select Your Camera’s Custom White Balance Mode.
3. Tell Your Camera To Use The Reference Photo You Just Took.

What is a white balance filter?

So what exactly is a white balance filter? It’s a semi-translucent lens cover. It serves as a reference point for a neutral colour value. The camera can then determine the exact colour temperature of your light conditions. This white balance meter works better than using a white balance card or grey card.

Should I use grey card or white card for white balance?

“Anything from black to gray to white {card} is the same color and can be used for WB. Of course, its hard to do WB off black because it doesn’t reflect much, but in theory you could. Use a gray card or a white card! As long as we aren’t taking about exposure, it doesn’t matter.

What is the purpose of the white balance tool?

When you use the White Balance tool under the Basic panel in Edit, to specify an object that you want white or gray, Camera Raw can determine the color of the light in which the scene was shot and then adjust for scene lighting automatically. Color temperature (in Kelvins) is used as a measure of scene lighting.

How do I get the right white balance?

Setting a Correct White Balance

1. Use custom white balance in-camera before shooting. Either take a photo and scan it, or hold a grey card in a target to set the white balance.
2. Use a neutral grey object in the scene.
3. Eyeball it or set white balance to lights.
4. Set your white balance to a neutral value.
5. Auto white balance.