How to fix the white balance in Photoshop

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    In this video I’m going to show you how to fix the white balance in a photo taken indoors under not so ideal lighting conditions.

    This is VERY common for indoor photos where you get that ugly looking yellow tint over the whole image. Check out the video below now!


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64 Comments
  • #1 avatar Photoshop Yellow Tint | Pafos Photos
    March 12, 2011 1:01 am

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  • #2 avatar Neville
    August 7, 2010 2:51 pm

    I have learnt that the argument you just won with your wife isn’t over yet!

  • #3 avatar Mike
    August 3, 2010 3:46 am

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  • #4 avatar fogelbirds
    July 21, 2010 1:19 pm

    trying to see video on refine edges and can’t get to it. Any ideas? thanks.

    • avatar Shane
      July 21, 2010 1:29 pm

      Just hit PLAY! It’s not protected (e.g. there’s no restrictions)

  • #5 avatar Clarrie Brake
    July 19, 2010 3:06 pm

    Hi Shane,
    I have had another go at viewing your valued video’s
    but unforunately they are in ” Staccatto Mode ” with gaps
    in the video, Maybe you can suggest a way for me to get the true value from your valued imformation.
    Cool
    From snowy South Island NZ.
    and make sure the Aussies win the Rugby next saturday night
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    Regards Clarrie

    • avatar Shane
      July 19, 2010 3:11 pm

      Hey Clarrie,
      I’ve emailed you direct about it ;)
      Cheers
      Shane

  • #6 avatar gillja
    July 17, 2010 4:50 pm

    Elements 8 requires a bit more playing around with colour, but RAW works like magic, but iPhoto is dead easy! But every video you show gives even us element users some tips of getting more out of what we have. Keep it up!

    • avatar Shane
      July 19, 2010 9:48 am

      That’s great! and it’s great to be versatile and understand the principles of what is happening. That’s why I’m trying to do – helping my subscribers and clients ‘get it’ so that they can eventually pick up any photo editing software and very quickly and relatively easy use it to their advantage! When you know the “Why” it makes it all very easy!

  • #7 avatar Maggiebee
    July 17, 2010 9:25 am

    Great tip, now a real good Gold membership follow on would be matching the colours between differnt images, especially if you are adding a selection from one image to another. Keep up the good work. I like it when you guys are on an energy binge.
    Cheers

  • #8 avatar DeBerry
    July 17, 2010 3:07 am

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  • #9 avatar Ernie
    July 16, 2010 3:02 pm

    Hi Shane,
    Great video, but would it not be better ans easier to use camera raw. Regards Ernie

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 3:14 pm

      Depends if you’re using Camera Raw. If I was working on an image in photoshop directly I’d rather just do this than have to open up Raw and then mess around with it. But either way if you’re doing it straight out the camera in Raw – great! ;)

  • #10 avatar Bernell
    July 16, 2010 11:33 am

    Would really love your cosmetic dvd….
    amazing video….
    thanks

  • #11 avatar sooriyakumar
    July 16, 2010 10:30 am

    it’s one of the best tricks.thanks for sharing

  • #12 avatar Sue
    July 16, 2010 10:28 am

    Thanks! Always have the yellow light problem. Such an easy fix!

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 11:41 am

      Hey Sue, for sure!!! It’s too easy hey?! :-) Love those quick and easy fixes.

  • #13 avatar Ted
    July 16, 2010 6:21 am

    I have watched all of your videos and they are fabulous and very instructive, thanks for sharing the information and expertise.

    Ted

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 11:34 am

      Hey Ted, no problems really glad you enjoyed it! :)

  • #14 avatar Thomas
    July 16, 2010 12:59 am

    How do you this in Photoshop CS4 Extended??

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 11:36 am

      Thomas, it’s exactly the same in CS4 Extended – Same menu, same way! ;)

  • #15 avatar Stiga
    July 16, 2010 12:48 am

    Very nice video – as allways I’m learning a lot.

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  • #16 avatar Ed
    July 16, 2010 12:24 am

    Great video — time is a great healer, and also a bad beautician — ergo photoshop

  • #17 avatar FitRosie
    July 15, 2010 11:55 pm

    Nice tip!
    A photographer went to a dinner party where he showed many of his
    photographs. The lady of the house said, those are very nice
    pictures, you must have a great camera. He said nothing, but when
    leaving for home offered the following compliment to the lady of
    the house “The meal was very nice, you must have great pots and
    pans.”

    I have Cosmic Surgery Disk, how about the web design one? :)

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 11:37 am

      Great one! You’re in the running!

  • #18 avatar Scott
    July 15, 2010 11:13 pm

    How many Baptists does it take to upgrade to CS5?
    2; one to install and the other to say you can’t do that because her grandmother donated the first version.

  • #19 avatar Elizabeth
    July 15, 2010 10:33 pm

    I love getting these emails!!!
    This site is great!

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  • #20 avatar _X_
    July 15, 2010 10:29 pm

    great tutorial thnx :) very easy and am sure will go well with tummy tuck tutorial. thnx again

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 11:38 am

      Hey there _X_,

      Glad you liked it! Yeah it’s a great one to add to your tool bag so to speak ;) Love the name _X_ almost spooky!! LOL

  • #21 avatar Roz de-Layen Vian
    July 15, 2010 8:33 pm

    What a shame! no more little green men! Ah well, back to perfection – great tutorial – so simple.
    I’ve used it for removing the reds in band pictures, but never thought of using it for removing colour cast! Thanks for such a simple but effective solution.

  • #22 avatar Paul A. Orosco
    July 15, 2010 8:32 pm

    You taught an old dog a new trick. Good info…Thanks

  • #23 avatar Will F
    July 15, 2010 6:27 pm

    Awesome :) another quick simple tip helps me avoid getting burnt up in kelvin!!

    Thanks guys, a joke/poem.

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    But when it happens they wish they were dead!

  • #24 avatar Alex
    July 15, 2010 6:12 pm

    Two aliens, a younger one and older one, crash land on Earth. They make their way to a petrol station and find a petrol pump. The younger one addresses the pump with “take us to your leader! We come in peace” – silence – He repeats the question sternly and still gets no response. The older alien advises to let the matter go, but the young one persists ans says “Take us to your leader now or I will shoot!” The older alien again cautions the youth and strongly suggests for them to move on. Frustrated the youth blasts the gas pump causing a massive explosion.

    Cool Video!
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    Both aliens were blown a great distance in all directions. Eventually the older one gets to the young alien who was straightening his antennaes and brushing the soot of his body.

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  • #25 avatar cowboy
    July 15, 2010 5:39 pm

    These tutorials are great. I’ve just used the colourizing tutorial and you won’t believe how I used to do it. I used to convert the image to B&W then sample the colours from the origonal and then paint it onto the B&W image. How easy and straightforward is your tutorial – it’s fantastic

    • avatar Shane
      July 16, 2010 11:38 am

      Hey cowboy, that’s GREAT!!! So good to hear about the different applications where people are using it.

  • #26 avatar Earle Bruce MacDonald
    July 15, 2010 5:38 pm

    Hello,Shane…This video is a fantastic Tip..Thanks for sharing it..
    What do you call an Eskimo peeping Tom?
    Tom Tookalook…

  • #27 avatar lorraine grey
    July 15, 2010 5:33 pm

    Just another simple but worthwhile tool that can be used, thank you.

  • #28 avatar g_robb53
    July 15, 2010 3:48 pm

    Great tip – will need to try this one out! How about this joke?

    A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party.

    Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice.

    After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, “What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice when you’re out of the office?”

    “I give it to them,” replied the lawyer, “and then I send them a bill.”

    The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try.

    The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the bills.

    When he went to place them in his mailbox, he found a bill from the lawyer….

  • #29 avatar Lee Badrock
    July 15, 2010 3:42 pm

    Great Video… VERY Helpful

    Paddy tells Mick, ‘I’m thinking of buying a Labrador.”
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  • #30 avatar Nancy
    July 15, 2010 3:38 pm

    I can’t wait to use that little trick. There are so many ways to do things in photoshop and I think I will use this a lot. Thank you for helping us.
    Here is my little HA HA for your enjoyment.

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    She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.

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    When she had finished, she went into each and every room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar into the hollow of the curtain rods.

    She then cleaned up the kitchen and left. When her ex-husband returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for the first few days. Then slowly, the house began to smell.

    They tried everything; cleaning, mopping and airing the place out.

    Vents were checked for dead rodents and carpets were steam cleaned.

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    The ex-wife called her ex-husband and asked how things were going.

    He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely and said that she missed her old home terribly and would be willing to reduce her divorce settlement in exchange for getting the house.

    Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth, but only if she were to sign the papers that very day.

    She agreed and within the hour his lawyers delivered the paperwork.

    A week later the man and his girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home……..

    And to spite the ex-wife, they even took the curtain rods.

  • #31 avatar irene
    July 15, 2010 3:20 pm

    Very impressed – how easy was that! here’s the joke:
    Mum was worried when an electrical storm blew in just after her little daughter took off walking to school in the morning. She jumped in the car and soon found her daughter. She saw her small child walking along. The thunder would boom, and then, at each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look and smile. One followed another, each time with her child stopping, looking up at the streak of light and smiling. Finally, the mother called out and asked, “Honey, what are you doing?” Her little girl answered, “God keeps taking pictures of me!”

    • avatar Shane
      July 15, 2010 3:22 pm

      GREAT!!! Love it ;) – Glad you enjoyed the video too.

  • #32 avatar Al
    July 15, 2010 3:18 pm

    Hi Shane….nice job and quick fix. Can’t remember where I’ve seen this exact photo before but I know I have. And thanks for answering Tigger as I also have Elements 6.

  • #33 avatar Trevor
    July 15, 2010 3:10 pm

    Subject: Joke of the Year
    Two women were sitting quietly together, minding their own business.

    • avatar Shane
      July 15, 2010 3:13 pm

      Classic! OK I can relate to that as I have 3 daughters and a wife :) never a dull moment here!! LOL

  • #34 avatar Trevor
    July 15, 2010 3:05 pm

    Thanks am enjoying the videos learning heaps.

    • avatar Shane
      July 15, 2010 3:06 pm

      No problems Trevor! Glad you’re enjoying them.

  • #35 avatar YvonCLemieux
    December 29, 2009 4:39 am

    This one is cool. Usually play around with WB options in Raw, which is readily available, but never used this function in PS.

  • #36 avatar x brown
    October 27, 2009 11:02 pm

    nice tht simple

  • #37 avatar KLINKOVSKY
    October 16, 2009 2:49 am

    thanks for the help. I still have problens with white balance shooting in churches, This helps a lot for a quick fix.

    thanks klink

  • #38 avatar latourla
    October 14, 2009 2:21 am

    O.K. I dint not know that one, thanks.

  • #39 avatar klakf
    June 16, 2009 12:50 am

    Great info. Nice to know this so when pics are done in RAW, there’s still a way to correct the white balance.

  • #40 avatar roblesrose
    March 8, 2009 2:24 pm

    Oh how simple! Thanks Shane

  • #41 avatar grandetiger
    March 7, 2009 10:06 am

    thats really cool it saves alot than using levels its much faster im definetly using this

  • #42 avatar Madhukumar
    March 5, 2009 3:35 am

    Shane, It’s GREAT

  • #43 avatar Mavroudis
    March 1, 2009 2:50 am

    Whith your help, all these are easy…. Thanks again Shane

  • #44 avatar Sorin
    February 25, 2009 10:51 am

    Amazing!
    Thanks Shane!

  • #45 avatar LuCee
    February 25, 2009 7:35 am

    Loving one click fixes!!!

  • #46 avatar sasuzamalek
    February 25, 2009 12:20 am

    Nice and simple

  • #47 avatar tigger
    February 24, 2009 11:32 pm

    hi shane now is there a way of doing this in photoshop elements 6

    • avatar Shane
      July 15, 2010 2:37 pm

      Hey Tigger, yeah I’m guessing you can do it in Levels or one of the other ones that uses the highlight, midtone, shadow pickers.

    • avatar Lee Badrock
      July 15, 2010 4:01 pm

      Hi Tiger and Shane … I have found in elements 6 you can get the same effect with … Going to Hue/Saturation … Then up the top to Default … Set than to Old Style … works a treat but does need some Contrast or a play around in curves.

      Paddy tells Mick, ‘I’m thinking of buying a Labrador.”
      “Bugger off ” say’s Mick, “Have you seen how many of their owners go blind?”

      • avatar Shane
        July 16, 2010 11:40 am

        Great stuff Lee!! :) You’re a classic

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