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How do I improve the color of photos?

Started Jun 19, 2017 | Discussions thread
photonius Veteran Member • Posts: 6,895
Re: How do I improve the color of photos?

kevinNYC wrote:

Based on the replies in the thread, I tried the following:

1. Custom White Balance. This turned out to be harder than I had imagined. I used a blank page from my printer, but the custom white balance photos turned out to have too much green.

2. Preset White Balance. The Sunlight preset had the best results. It is still a little warm, but it is close.

3. Raw vs JPG. Although I believed I was shooting in RAW, the settings were actually in JPG. Switched to RAW & installed DPP. DPP provides some good tools to correct the green.

4. IS & Filters. As expected, IS options didn't have any impact. Filters (UV and CP) did not have any impact on the color.

My best bet seems to be to use the Sunlight Preset White Balance and then color correct using DPP.

You can modify settings in the camera more, i.e. you can create your own custom picture styles. Or you can completely customise your WB (white balance correction), see page 137 of the manual for the 650D.

Also, as a side note, which color reproduction range is set (p139)? sRGB or Adobe, that makes a difference.

Check also your monitor. Compare the same image on different monitors if you can.

I presume you cannot directly compare 350D and 650D shots anymore? (take exactly the same scene at the same time).

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