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WB inadvertently set to flash giving a blue tinge, can this be easily corrected in Photoshp.

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Posted by May Haga on July 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM
WB inadvertently set to flash giving a blue tinge, can this be easily corrected in Photoshp.
This morning as I was lying on my belly in a swampy area trying to photograph a Spotted Sandpiper I was trying to change the ISO when I must have inadvertently hit the WB button and changed it to WB flash. The pictures have a very blue tinge. Can this be easily changed to a normal coloration in Photoshop CS2? This is a JPEG file, RAW and CS4 is coming to my computer very soon.

Thanks very much for your help.

May
Posted by Jim Salge on July 22, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Easily...

I opened it up in element, and in the layers tap, I opened up a levels layer, and just set the white point and black point (two eye droppers on the right side of the levels box. You can use the sliders to help identify what the pixel is the darkest and lightest...

I strongly support always shooting in RAW...even if you don't know how to use it. You can always go back when you do, and the white balance settings are so easy to set in RAW that once you learn it, you'll wish you had shot in RAW earlier...
Posted by May Haga on July 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Thanks Jim, yes I am definitely going to go to RAW.
May