 Audri G. Lanford |
White Balance Settings in Adobe Lightroom I've been experimenting with WB settings on my new Nikon D300. I can't figure out where to see the WB settings metadata once I import the photos into Adobe Lightroom. The data are clearly there (since they show in the camera), but I just don't know where they are displayed in Lightroom. Any help would be appreciated (or it will be a pain to have to match photo numbers with the photos in the camera). Thanks. Audri
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John Rhodes |
Audri, you can view the EXIF metadate in the lightroom library module on the right-side panel. For the white balance info, you'll need to go to the develop module and look under "Basic" to see the color temperature (WB). John
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Audri G. Lanford |
John, thanks for the info. I'm still not finding what I'm looking for though -- I don't see this either in the EXIF (or any other) metadata and the color temperature (WB) doesn't really tell me either. I want to know which WB setting was used for each picture. IOW, I want to know if each photo was taken with AWB, fluorescent, daylight, etc. I'd like to see which of these settings was used for each photo in order to do an assignment for my Nikon 300 class -- it is a pain to have to look in the camera to see which photos where taken with the different settings. Thanks. Audri
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John Rhodes |
Audri, You didn't say what mode you were shooting in: RAW or jpeg. If you aren't shooting in RAW, I recommend you start. You aren't going to see the specific camera setting in lightroom; however, if you check the color temperature lightroom reports (in RAW)and compare it to your camera's kelvin temp. values, you can determine what setting you used. Also, Lightroom will firat list the WB as "As Shot." Note the temperature number and click down the list of WB choices to find the one that matches the "As Shot" K temp. As I said earier, if you shoot in jpeg, you aren't going to have much info reported in LR.
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Audri G. Lanford |
John, first I really appreciate your help. I do shoot in RAW. You wrote: "however, if you check the color temperature lightroom reports (in RAW)and compare it to your camera's kelvin temp. values, you can determine what setting you used." Can you explain this? Do you mean if the temperature in K found under the Basic setting in Develop is between X and Y, then the daylight setting was used, and if it's between A and B the fluorescent setting was used? How about AWB? You also wrote: "Also, Lightroom will firat list the WB as "As Shot." Note the temperature number and click down the list of WB choices to find the one that matches the "As Shot" K temp. As I said earier, if you shoot in jpeg, you aren't going to have much info reported in LR." I see that it lists it "As Shot." I'm not sure what you mean by the next sentence: " Note the temperature number and click down the list of WB choices to find the one that matches the "As Shot" K temp." (I don't see any numbers, just names.) Thanks again for your help. Audri
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John Rhodes |
Audri, Sorry I didn't communicate well. First question: If you go to your camera manual, you should find a table listing the WB K temp for each of the available WB settings for your camera. For example, your camera might set 5200K for Daylight or Flash. Look in the right side panel and you should see WB "As Shot" and just below, a kelvin temp for the shot. Compare the temp, to the table in your manual to see which is closest to the LR temp. You are right in your interpretation of what I meant to say. AWB should select a temp that most closely matches the ambient light conditions at the time of the shot. The problem here is that the camera doesn't always get it right. You didn't say what kind of images you like to shoot, so it's hard to recommend precisely. Here's what I always do. I set the WB to "Cloudy" and, generally, never change the setting for outdoor, nature shots. For studio setups, I'll select flash or daylight depending on the conditions. Remember, you can always adjust the WB in either LR or ACR to suit your taste after the image is in LR. On your last question: If you just run down the list of choices under WB, you'll see the temp changes for each selection. John
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