I dont if i am missing any option or is it really like that , in Capture NX to get the right White Balance is like lost in limbo. why cannot there be a option like in , Adobe LR or Capture 1, auto White Balance.....
I didn't know you could do white balance with adobe on jpgs either.
Photoshop Elements (which of course is a light version) has two methods. There is the auto white balance setting and there is the eye dropper that you can apply to an area of the image that has neutral luminosity. CNX2 has neither method when using JPEGs but it has both methods when using NEFs.
Dropping a grey point would be similar to the eye dropper approach, not?
I just spent $19.95 on a small WhiBal card
The disadvantage for me of the grey point is that the round dot is too large. I can't be as precise with placing it as when using Adobe's eyedropper.
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At 800% a pixel dwarfs the round dot.
I see where the "confusion" is arising! Instead of using the "Neutral Control Point" go to Camera Settings / White Balance / Change to Set Gray Point and THEN your eyedropper is EXACTLY the same as in CSx. Put it on something that you want to be a clean Gray/White and you have it.
Dave,
I have been post-processing a lot of JPEGs lately that are scans of slides, so the difference between using Photoshop's eyedropper and CNX2's neutral color point is very noticeable to me.
Here is the white balance set using Capture nx . and need to fiddle more .....
and this one done in capture 1 , darn simple just 1 click on Auto thats it and pretty close to natural tones
You CANNOT batch WB settings over a shoot if the shots were taken in auto WB.