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Ok so I know how to find my way through the settings but when I actually take the photo of the grey-card/white paper what setting do I have it on? AWB?

Also when shooting with Flash (430EXII) how do you set it? Or do you not use Custom White Balance with flash?

Feel free to express other opinions on WB such as grey card V white paper.

Photography is purely a hobby but like all things we like to get best results.

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I always shoot AWB and in RAW. I only use canons DPP editing so I can then change to one of the 7 WB settings but would like to know how to set Custom WB properly.

I have photoshop elements 9 which I Don't have a clue on how to use. >_<

I just find the 500D is real shit at getting WB right and consistent whilst indoors.

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I shoot RAW and auto WB.

Adobe Bridge and Photoshot RAW work a treat at fixing what the camera may have got wrong.

Yea I get what your saying but If I took the time to set Custom WB (2min) then that would save a whole lot of editing on 200 or so photos.

I would rather get it right then rely on camera getting it wrong or right :thumbsup:

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Thats all well and good, especially if you plan to use the whitecard thing... but If you are walking around alot, different lights and surroundings... yeah i'm not going to think about WB for every photo ontop of everything else. i've tried to do manual WB but got tired of it quickly - i'm too simple.

I also cant do anyhting above Medium on guitar hero - that fkn orange key is just not going to happen :)

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1. What are you shooting mainly? Indoors or outdoors? If you have your custom WB grey card, you can just constantly shoot it and then when you move/light changes, shoot it again. Then sync them all until the light changes again.

2. Shoot in RAW. This way you can sync all your photos in LR.

3. Get photoshop or Lightroom. I find Photoshop more "precise" for WB. Lightroom gets close, but you need a neutral colour mostly. Good thing is though, that you can find the right WB in PS, and set it the same in LR and then sync from where the light doesn't really vary if you want too also.

4. Photoshop - Go into levels/curves and set a white point, black point. That's normally 99% correct. You can set a neutral "grey" point if you want but as you mentioned for multiple photos it gets annoying.

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Cheers Kory, I have photoshop elements 9 (bought) Photoshop CS5 (Pirated off mrs brother) and don't have lightroom.

I have no Idea on how to use Photoshop. I did a sunset shot that had powerlines and it took me about 2 hours to work out how to get rid of em.

Anyone know best way to learn the basics, apart from trial and error. (books, short courses etc??)

I never had time for it but resigned from work so got plenty of time now.

Shots are inside and outside. Just purchased 430ex II speedlight so shots will become much better.

Cheers guys

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I dont have lightroom and havn't used it - but some people rave big time about it. Is it that great?

I use Bridge to manage my images and then links into Photoshop RAW Editing and further into Photoshop for funny stuff.

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Yes Lightroom is DEFINITELY worth it. So much easier to work with than PS for large amounts of photos which we all take at track days, sunsets/weddings etc etc etc... can easily sync all settings, loads fast, can keyword images etc etc...

Photoshop books for shortcut keys and functions? Scott Kelbys books are the first step i would be looking at. He has multiple books out for Lightroom and for photoshop cs4/cs5 etc etc..

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