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You can adjust the white balance of a photo
to reflect the lighting conditions under which it was taken—daylight,
tungsten, flash, and so on.
You can either choose a white
balance preset option or click a photo area that you want to specify
as a neutral color. Lightroom adjusts the white balance setting,
and then you can fine-tune it using the sliders provided.
Note: White
balance preset options are available only for raw and DNG photos. White
balance for all photos can be edited using the sliders.
Choose a white balance preset option In the Basic panel of the Develop module,
choose an option from the WB pop-up menu. As Shot uses the camera’s
white balance settings, if they are available. Auto calculates the
white balance based on the image data. Lightroom applies the white balance setting and moves
the Temp and Tint sliders in the Basic panel accordingly. Use these
sliders to fine-tune the color balance. See Fine-tune the white balance using the Temp and Tint controls.
Note: If
the camera’s white balance settings are not available, then the
Auto option is the default.
Specify a neutral area in the photo- In the Basic panel of the Develop module,
click the White Balance Selector tool
 to
select it, or press the W key.
- Move the White Balance Selector into an area of the photo
that should be a neutral light gray. Avoid spectral highlights or
areas that are 100% white.
- Set options in the toolbar as needed.
- Auto Dismiss
- Sets the White Balance Selector tool to dismiss automatically
after clicking only once in the photo.
- Show Loupe
- Displays a close-up view and the RGB values of a sampling
of pixels under the White Balance Selector.
- Scale Slider
- Zooms the close-up view in the Loupe.
- Done
- Dismisses the White Balance Selector tool, and the pointer
changes to the Hand or Zoom-in tool by default.
 The Navigator displays a preview of the
color balance as you move the White Balance Selector over different
pixels.
- When you find an appropriate area, click it.
The Temp and Tint sliders in the Basic panel adjust
to make the selected color neutral, if possible.
Fine-tune the white balance using the Temp and Tint controls In the Basic panel of the Develop module,
adjust the Temp and Tint sliders. - Temp
- Fine-tunes the white balance using the Kelvin color temperature
scale. Move the slider to the left to make the photo appear cooler,
and right to warm the photo colors.
You can also set a specific
Kelvin value in the Temp text box to match the color of the ambient
light. Click the current value to select the text box and enter
a new value. For example, photographic tungsten lights are often
balanced at 3200 Kelvin. If you shoot under photo tungsten lights
and set the image temperature to 3200, your photos should appear
color balanced.
One of the benefits of working with raw files
is that you can adjust the color temperature as if you were changing
a setting in a camera during capture, allowing a broad range of
settings. When working with JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files, you work
in a scale of -100 to 100 rather than the Kelvin scale. Non-raw
files such as JPEG or TIFF include the temperate setting in the
file, so the temperate scale is more limited.
- Tint
- Fine-tunes the white balance to compensate for a green
or magenta tint. Move the slider to the left (negative values) to
add green to the photo; move it to the right (positive values) to
add magenta.
If you see a green or magenta
color cast in the shadow areas after adjusting the temperature and
tint, try removing it by adjusting the Shadows Tint slider in the Camera
Calibration panel.
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