White Balance Cards
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Barry_Green
Moderator
Re: White Balance Cards
You can get them from various places, probably filmtools or B&H. But you shouldn't need them. You can do the same thing in-camera with the DVX -- just change the color temp menu setting to -1 or -2, and it'll give everything a nice warm glow. Going to +1 or +2 will introduce a cooling effect.
You can get them from various places, probably filmtools or B&H. But you shouldn't need them. You can do the same thing in-camera with the DVX -- just change the color temp menu setting to -1 or -2, and it'll give everything a nice warm glow. Going to +1 or +2 will introduce a cooling effect.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Re: White Balance Cards
http://www.warmcards.com/
Ive made my own using Photoshop but as Barry mentioned; in camera this can be done as well POST.
http://www.warmcards.com/
Ive made my own using Photoshop but as Barry mentioned; in camera this can be done as well POST.
jonwatkins
Member
Re: White Balance Cards
John,
You made your own in Photoshop? How well do they work? Do you recall what settings you used? i.e. how much RGB or CMYK.
Thanks!
Jon
John,
You made your own in Photoshop? How well do they work? Do you recall what settings you used? i.e. how much RGB or CMYK.
Thanks!
Jon
Prairieboy
Veteran
Re: White Balance Cards
I used to make mine all the time, but the great thing about the ones online is that they are lamented. they can get wet, be cleaned, and the lamenate is anti reflective.
It is a shame that you can not just buy the small ones though. As well I recomend the extra .5 card. The green card tends to balance the camera a bit magenta though, so watch out.
I used to make mine all the time, but the great thing about the ones online is that they are lamented. they can get wet, be cleaned, and the lamenate is anti reflective.
It is a shame that you can not just buy the small ones though. As well I recomend the extra .5 card. The green card tends to balance the camera a bit magenta though, so watch out.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Re: White Balance Cards
I just ripped the colors from the site, put into PHOTOSHOP with a huge 8 1/2 X 11 Fill. Now, honestly they wrok as well as you might expect (especially the half and quarter warms) but I dont even use them anymore. I have a $3000.00 Tektronics Printer that prints photographic quality.
I have a HMC UV Sky thats adds a tint of warmth already but I'll manipulate in POST or IN CAMERA if I want to change the image.
I just ripped the colors from the site, put into PHOTOSHOP with a huge 8 1/2 X 11 Fill. Now, honestly they wrok as well as you might expect (especially the half and quarter warms) but I dont even use them anymore. I have a $3000.00 Tektronics Printer that prints photographic quality.
I have a HMC UV Sky thats adds a tint of warmth already but I'll manipulate in POST or IN CAMERA if I want to change the image.
Barry_Green
Moderator
Re: White Balance Cards
Seriously, play with the in-camera COLOR TEMP setting. Bumping that one or two ticks in either direction will do the exact same thing as the warm cards, except easier and with less hassle.
And if you want to change color on the green/magenta axis, you can use the COLOR PHASE menu setting to accomplish that.
Seriously, play with the in-camera COLOR TEMP setting. Bumping that one or two ticks in either direction will do the exact same thing as the warm cards, except easier and with less hassle.
And if you want to change color on the green/magenta axis, you can use the COLOR PHASE menu setting to accomplish that.