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Inspiring
July 26, 2011
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P: Averaged white balance reading with White Balance Selector

I will often click on a gray card with the White Balance Selector to white balance an image. However, if I click on that same gray card multiple times I will get a slightly different result each time, as if it's giving me a reading on a single pixel on the gray card rather than an area. As a parallel in Photoshop, it's like using the "1x1 average" with the eye dropper.

Perhaps it might be nice to give the option of a 3x3 or 5x5 average, or perhaps you could drag the eyedropper over a gray card and it would sample several times over that area.

I figured that an averaged white balance would give a better result rather than a single pixel's white balance.

-Bruce!

14 replies

Inspiring
July 27, 2011
I can't see that thread, but I'm reasonably sure that I'm correct about this - zooming out will get you a wider averaging area with the WB picker. Changing the size of the grid will not.
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Rikk Flohr-Personal
Inspiring
July 27, 2011
Pretty sure. see this thread: http://www.lightroomforums.net/showth...

Loupe changes the precision with which you may view the selection but not the sample area.
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Rikk Flohr (Adobe Retired)
Inspiring
July 27, 2011
Are you sure about this Rikk? I thought it was 5x5 at whatever your view size is, so zooming out makes it cover a wider range. No?
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Rikk Flohr-Personal
Inspiring
July 27, 2011
White balance in Lightroom is averaged over a 5x5 pixel area. There is no option to change it currently.
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Rikk Flohr (Adobe Retired)