[Leica] 5D shot

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

You can do the custom white balance in the camera, and it will be in CS2's
raw viewer under "as shot" - so one can do exactly what you're suggesting
using PS.


On 10/6/05 5:41 PM, "Robert Stevens" <leica@robsteve.com> wrote:

> At 06:21 PM 10/6/2005, Tina Manley wrote:
>> I'd rather do the white balance in CS2 where I can always go back to
>> the original "negative".  CS2 is the best upgrade that PS has come
>> out with in quite awhile.  There are many features that I couldn't
>> do without now.
> 
> Tina:
> 
> When you custom white balance in RAW, the custom balance is only
> applied upon the conversion by the RAW software such as Canon's File
> viewer utility or Digital Photo Professional.  You always have the
> original negative to revert back to, whether you open it in CS2 or
> the Canon Programs.
> 
> When you shoot a whole hockey game and have an 8 frames per second
> camera like the MK II, you want to just set a custom white balance
> for the arena lights and not worry about it later.  You can then do a
> batch conversion of the raws to large fine jpegs for the editors to
> use. The same could be said about a fashion or product shoot.  If you
> get the exposure and white balance right, the post processing of
> thousands of images is much easier.  It also gives you a better
> product right from the start for the editors to look at.  You can
> probably come to the same result in CS2, but it is a lot more work.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
>