White Balance Guide
$10USDRead the colour of light. Lock manual white balance, match cameras across a multicam shoot, and stop fixing colour drift in post.
Overview
Every light source has a colour. Candlelight is orange, overcast sky is blue, fluorescent tubes go green. Your eyes adjust automatically, so a white wall looks white anywhere. Your camera won't do that unless you tell it to. White balance is how you tell the camera what 'white' looks like under your specific lighting.
Get it right and colours look natural, skin tones look healthy, and footage from every angle matches in the edit. Get it wrong and everything skews too orange or too blue, and it is very hard to fully fix in post. White balance isn't a creative decision; it's the technical foundation that lets your creative decisions succeed.
What's Inside
- Colour temperature and the Kelvin scale, from 2500K tungsten to 10000K open shade
- Auto vs Manual white balance, and why professionals lock it in
- The five-step manual white balance workflow, set before you hit record
- Handling mixed lighting: remove, match with gels, or prioritise skin tones
- Custom white balance with a grey card for exact accuracy
- A quick Kelvin reference for every common lighting condition
Format & Access
- One-page PDF reference, built clean and written tight
- Instant download link emailed the moment you pay
- Saved to your dashboard for re-download anytime
- Designed to print and pin to the wall
Delivery
Your download link is emailed instantly and also saved to your MD MEDIA dashboard. Sign in with the email you used at checkout to grab it again whenever you need it.
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