My set of WhiBal white balance reference cards just arrived today.
The WhitBal reference cards consist of a set of 4 cards - white, black, light grey and dark grey. These specially made plastic cards are great for those who shoot RAW (especially under complicated light environments) as they help to ensure that the pics are properly white balanced during conversion. Just shoot a frame with the cards in it under the particular lighting condition and proceed to shoot all other frames under that lighting condition at any White Balance setting. During RAW conversion, white balance the frame with the WhiBal cards in it and just use the same colour settings to white balance the other pics taken under the same lighting condition... and Presto perfect white balance !
This is a pic of the WhiBal cards:
And here is a test pic, Before and After white balancing with the WhiBal cards during RAW conversion. The pic was taken under the light from a PL type (Daylight) of fluorescent energy-saving bulb.
More info on the WhiBal reference cards can be found at this site:
http://www.pictureflow.com/products/whibal/index.html
The WhitBal reference cards consist of a set of 4 cards - white, black, light grey and dark grey. These specially made plastic cards are great for those who shoot RAW (especially under complicated light environments) as they help to ensure that the pics are properly white balanced during conversion. Just shoot a frame with the cards in it under the particular lighting condition and proceed to shoot all other frames under that lighting condition at any White Balance setting. During RAW conversion, white balance the frame with the WhiBal cards in it and just use the same colour settings to white balance the other pics taken under the same lighting condition... and Presto perfect white balance !
This is a pic of the WhiBal cards:
And here is a test pic, Before and After white balancing with the WhiBal cards during RAW conversion. The pic was taken under the light from a PL type (Daylight) of fluorescent energy-saving bulb.
More info on the WhiBal reference cards can be found at this site:
http://www.pictureflow.com/products/whibal/index.html