How do I improve the color of photos?
Re: How do I improve the color of photos?
digidog wrote:
photonius wrote:
digidog wrote:
photonius wrote:
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.
Not that he's switched to raw (#3 above). Those settings have zero effect on the raw data, just the JPEG.
Yes, but the sample images were done in jpg (he initially thought it was RAW).
And now he should continue to capture raw and my post remains factual.
My point was actually, he doesn't necessarily have to go to RAW.
Yes he should. Please don't recommend he go back to JPEG for so many reasons!
I thought we live in a free world, where the OP can choose himself.
There should be enough settings to customise the white balance in the body, so that jpgs look like he wants. - This is assuming his only reason to use DPP is to change the white balance. If that is the case, the OP can save time and storage space by just getting the jpg in the camera right.
Moot with raw.
Again, to the OP, check your monitor as well - that's an important part of the equation. I find auto white balance usually quite ok.
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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