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philg66547282
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February 1, 2018
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Blue tint to old some old footage. White balance? Anyway to fix this?

  • February 1, 2018
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So this was shot way back in 2003 and somewhere along the trip a button clearly got presses and all subsequent footage has a blue tint. No doubt some form of lighting compensation setting and white balance issue but if there are any suggestions to remedy this it would be much appreciated.

thanks.

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Correct answer Bill Sprague

You did not say which version of Premiere Elements.  Look for the Adjustments tab and try "Temperature and Tint".  There also a "Color" and "Color RGB" tools. 

You may not be able to perfectly fix it, but you'll make significant improvements.

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philg66547282Author
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February 12, 2018

Have tried with this and some success. Still nowhere close to perfect but a little more convincing. Thanks for your help.

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Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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February 12, 2018

It is good that you are getting at least some success.  There are three more color tools that might also help.  Look in the effects ("fx") section.

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Bill SpragueCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 1, 2018

You did not say which version of Premiere Elements.  Look for the Adjustments tab and try "Temperature and Tint".  There also a "Color" and "Color RGB" tools. 

You may not be able to perfectly fix it, but you'll make significant improvements.

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philg66547282Author
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February 1, 2018

Thanks for your reply. I have version 15. I have tried playing around with the RGB tool and the colour tool but without much success. When combining this with the temperature and tint you mentioned I do get a slightly better result but unfortunately nothing even close to the unaffected footage.  I'm possibly being a little too heavy handed with the settings, will play around a little more.

Thanks,

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Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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February 2, 2018

In most cases the blue tint like that is a function of a wrong "white balance" setting in the camera.  The likely tool to improve it is the "temperature" adjustment.  Reset the other adjustments to zero and try "temperature" first.  Then try "tint".

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