The Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital photographers part 6 is full-color, graphically rich, and contains project-based examples of every key step in the digital photography process. Integrating all the newest features of Photoshop CS5 into the book’s workflow, Scott shows readers how to work with their images like a pro, from importing to organization to correction to output. In addition to fully updating the book for CS5, Scott has also added a brand new chapter, which lets readers in on his entire, personal post-processing workflow by incorporating his popular 7-Point System into this book | The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers Step Six Now here s the thing although this can give you a perfectly accurate white balance it doesn t mean that it will look good. White balance is a creative decision and the most important thing is that your photo looks good to you. So don t get caught up in that I don t like the way the white balance looks but I know it s accurate thing that sucks some people in set your white balance so it looks right to you. You are the bottom line. You re the photographer. It s your photo so make it look its best. Accurate is not another word for good. By the way you can just Rightclick on your image to access the White Balance pop-up menu as shown here . Before The As Shot white balance has a yellowish tint After With one click of the White Balance tool everything comes together Step Seven Here s a before after so you can see what a difference setting a proper white balance makes by the way you can see a quick before after of your white balance edit by pressing the letter P on your keyboard to toggle the Preview on off . TIP Using the Swatch Card To help you find that neutral light gray color in your images I ve included a swatch card in the back of this book it s perforated so you can tear it out and it has a special Camera Raw white balance light gray swatch area. Once your lighting is set just have your subject hold it while you take one shot. Then open that image in Camera Raw and click the White Balance tool on the swatch card to instantly set your white balance. Now apply that same white balance to all the other shots taken under that same light more on how to do that coming up in the next chapter . The Essentials of Camera Raw Chapter 2 31 The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers The Essential Adjustments 2 Exposure The next thing I fix after adjusting the white balance is the photo s exposure. Now some might argue that this is the most essential adjustment of them all but if your photo looks way .
