User's Manual

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
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light; the plug-in makes the image colors bluer to compensate for the lower color temperature (yellowish) of the
ambient light. Conversely, move the slider to the right to correct a photo taken with a higher color temperature of
light; the plug-in makes the image colors warmer (yellowish) to compensate for the higher color temperature (bluish)
of the ambient light.
Correcting the white balance
A. Moving the Temperature slider to the right corrects a photo taken with a higher color temperature of light B. Moving the Temperature
slider to the left corrects a photo taken with a lower color temperature of light C. Photo after color temperature adjustment
Tint Fine-tunes the white balance to compensate for a green or magenta tint. Move the slider to the left (negative
values) to add green to the photo; move it to the right (positive values) to add magenta.
To adjust the white balance quickly, select the White Balance tool, and then click an area in the preview image that
should be a neutral gray or white. The Temperature and Tint sliders automatically adjust to make the selected color
exactly neutral (if possible). If you’re clicking whites, choose a highlight area that contains significant white detail rather
than a specular highlight.
Using White Balance to click a neutral white area and resulting correction
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C
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