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December 25, 2024
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Photoshop Setting Color Temp

  • December 25, 2024
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Not sure if this needs updating in the documentation on Adobe website; Changing Color Temp 

Normally I set the color temp in LrC. However, I was working in PS and instead of kicking it over to LrC I looked for a way to adjust the color temp in PS. Went to the link above to see HT. Is there a panel in PS "Look"? 

 

May be add a slider to one of the Adjustment Layers to set color temperature

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D Fosse
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December 26, 2024

Well, as Per explains, there already is - the ACR filter.

 

In any case, this is all rather arbitrary, even for raw files. There is nothing that "knows" the color of the light in the original scene. Any adjustment is just compensation, whether by automatic algorithms or by eye. The latter is always more accurate than the former.

westdr1dwAuthor
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December 26, 2024

Thanks, seems like a lot of work to adj color temp. However, instead of floating between apps, consideration for a simple slider in PS. OTH is the juice worth the squeeze as most change color temp in either ACR or Lr* prior to moving to PS.

Per Berntsen
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December 25, 2024

If you're working with raw files, they will open in the Camera Raw plugin, which has exactly the same editing tools as LrC.

If you're opening rendered (non-raw) files in Photoshop, use the Camera Raw filter, (found in the Filter menu) to adjust color temperature. For a non-destructive workflow, create a copy of the background layer, right click the layer and choose Convert to smart object.

Then run the filter on the layer, and you can go back to the filter anytime and change the settings like in LrC.

Double-click Camera Raw Filter in the Layers panel to re-open the Camera Raw filter.

 

The documentation you linked to is for Speedgrade, which is for video color grading.