1 Reply Latest reply: Oct 6, 2013 8:11 AM by Ann Bens RSS

    White Balancing a Dslr

    ksemple Community Member

      Guys, I;m trying to figure out something with my canon T3i, my intended aim after to recording my footage is to color correct it and grade afterwards in Post Production, to somewhat give it that cinematic/film look in terms of its color.

       

      I know most people say to shoot with the camera in a flat profile, but i want to know after setting  a flat profile, do I still need to white balance the camera? Or should I just factory reset the camera and then set the flat profile, use one of the custom white balance in the camera depending on what I'm shooting and then shoot the footage?

       

      Because I run into so many problems when I try to white balance these Dslr's using the a white paper or something.

        • 1. Re: White Balancing a Dslr
          Ann Bens CommunityMVP

          The Profile and white balance are two different things.

          The picture profile involves sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation and hue.

          White balance is removing unwanted color casts.

          You do not want to do that in post, maybe slight corrections.

          How to set white balance is explained in the manual. At least in mine (Nikon).

          Besides the camera comes with a whole bunch of white balance preset.

          If you know the color temperature of the lighting you can set a Kelvin value.