User Guide

Chapter 5: Process mode
leading it to choose an incorrect f-stop and shutter speed. This results in an underexposed or overexposed image. With the
exposure slider you can compensate for exposure problems caused by incorrect settings when the image was captured.
Adjusting white balance
Use the White Balance group to remove unwanted color casts in your images. You can save your options as a preset for future use.
To adjust the white balance in an image:
1. In Process mode, click Develop.
2. In the Develop pane, select the Tune tab.
3. In the White Balance group, adjust the sliders as described below.
4. Click Done to save your changes and return to the mode you were in previously. Or click Save and select from the drop-
down list:
Save as: Saves your changes, with the option of saving your file with a different name and file format.
Export: Exports your image with all your edits applied to a specific file format and resolution.
Copy to clipboard: Copies the edited image to a clipboard.
You can also click Cancel if you want to discard your changes and return to the mode you were in previously.
You can right-click a slider to reset it to the default value.
Color options
White Balance When you take RAW images the settings you select for white balance are not applied to the image but
stored within the image's metadata. When ACDSee Pro processes an image, this stored setting is
applied to the image by default. You can then make adjustments to this original setting.
Select one of the following white balance correction options:
As Shot: Selected automatically. Applies the camera's white balance setting as stored in the cam-
era when the photo was taken.
Auto: Adjust the color temperature and tint to settings automatically determined by analyzing the
image.
Sunny: Adjusts the color temperature to 5500K, approximately that of the midday sun.
Cloudy: Adjusts the color temperature to 6500K, approximately that of a lightly overcast sky.
Shade: Adjusts the color temperature to 7500K, approximately that of a heavily overcast sky.
Tungsten: Adjusts the color temperature to 2850K, approximately that of a household light bulb.
Fluorescent: Adjusts the color temperature to 3800K, approximately that of a fluorescent light
bulb.
Flash: Adjusts the color temperature to 5500K, approximately that of a camera flash.
Custom: Allows you to specify a specific white balance, by adjusting the Temperature and Tint
sliders. You can also hover your mouse over the image until it turns into an eye dropper, and click
an area of the image that is a neutral color (gray).
Temperature Drag the Temperature slider to the left (more blue) or right (more yellow) to select a specific color
temperature.
Tint Drag the Tint slider to the left (more magenta) or right (more green) to match the white balance
settings that you selected when you took the photo.
Strength
Adjusting the slider to the right increases the white balance adjustment. Adjusting the slider to the left
decreases the white balance adjustment.
When developing files other than RAW, available white balance options are: As Shot, Auto, and Custom.
Adjusting lighting
The Shadows and Highlights tool has had a name change to Lighting in ACDSee Pro.
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