How to apply white balance across multiple photos?

[Malachi2929]

I have several photos I've taken in the same room and lighting with the same lens and camera.  The first picture I took was of a grey card.  I would like to set the white balance, and only the white balance (maybe lens correction too, but I'm not worried about that right now), from that first photo to all relevant photos that follow.

I don't see how to do this.

Thanks.

[JP Hess · Accepted solution]

If you highlight the image that has the white balance set the way you want and then click on the Photo menu there is an option to choose the settings that you want to copy. Then you will have to paste the settings to each individual image. I don't think you can paste the settings to a group of images, but you can try.

[Malachi2929]

Awesome.  Thank you very much.  Kind of embarrassed now, since it was right in front my face this entire time.

Anyway, thanks again.

[M32069419qseu]

Thanks JP Hess for your answer. I was stuck on the same thing.

[Lauren33345832gj6n]

To apply white balance across multiple photos:

Batch Editing: Use photo editing software that supports batch processing, such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.

Select Photos: Import the photos you want to adjust and select them in your software.

Apply White Balance: In the software, adjust the white balance settings for one photo as desired.

Sync Settings: Copy the white balance settings from the edited photo and synchronize them to apply to all selected photos.

Fine-Tune: Review each photo and make individual adjustments if needed.

Export: Save or export the edited photos with the consistent white balance settings. For more details go now

[d rendol]

This worked well. Thanks.

[Trilok G Bakulapalli]

When you click and highlight the image that has the correct WB changes,

• Click on copy (cmd+c / cntrl+c) and copy only the white balance settings
• Go to the Library in Grid View
• Select all the other images that you want to apply the WB changes to
• Right click -> Under Develop Settings -> Click on Paste Settings

That should do the trick

[Ric G]

Malachi,

The same thing happens to me too. I'm shooting high school sports and I'll set the white balance manually on both my cameras before the game. I can be dealing with nearly 1,000 images and a same-night deadline. What I found myself doing is copying the whitre balance temperature from an image that I corrected and pasting that into the field. The tint correction is only two digits. which I can remember. I will often fudge the tint a little when I type it in to fine tune things. This only saves a couple of keystrokes, but I like that it only applies to white balance. I like copy/paste develop setting (and don't forget Paste from Previous) for changes that apply to a wider gamut (so to speak) of settings.

-Ric