WB changes during import

Musicims · Mar 2, 2019

I am getting very frustrated trying to post my RAW images. I am chaging the WB in camera based on an WB AUTO pic (canon) similar to https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/e...ics-with-your-dslr-or-you-are-exposed.213126/

It looks great in camera and looks great in any preview pane but when I open the pic to start editing the program goes NUTS on trying to figure out the WB. I've tried this in Lightroom, Photoshop Camera Raw, and RawTherapee. Attached shots are from RawTherapee. They look just as the should until I open them then it skews so far. The only way I can get them remotely close to what they used to be is changing the Tint slider and lowering overall exposure by 1 stop+. Why is this happening? The first shot is the Auto WB compared to after I set it to custom based off of those pics. The second is showing the Before on IMG_6111. The 3rd is what it looks like the second its loaded by the program. the 4th is larger ex. The 5th is the bast I can do, it's nowhere near as good as it started before it loaded. Like I said no matter what program I use they all do this to one extreme or another

Ranjib · Mar 3, 2019

I use rawtherapee, after white balance/temperature adjustment I export it as JPEG and then post it in forums etc. Can you try exporting the image as jpeg and see if that shows the temperature corrected version?

Musicims · Mar 3, 2019

Export does exactly as it should, shows exactly how it is processed in program. One thing I noticed is it basically "maxes" out the temp in every program with no more room for adjustment in the right direction. See my 4th pic.

I might just do it in jpg, importing in jpg the in camera WB sticks and can get the results I'm wanting. Just sucks that RAW does this everywhere I put it into, I'd really like to know why. Here it is in LR, just straight into Develop no changes, looks nothing as it did in the preview pane before I selected it and LR "touches" it during RAW import.

Ranjib · Mar 3, 2019

Hmm.. I’m mostly aware of raw therapee. Irrespective, it should not max out temperature level. What iso /white balance you are shooting at ?

Musicims · Mar 3, 2019

Its custom WB based off of a picture taken on auto similar to https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/e...ics-with-your-dslr-or-you-are-exposed.213126/. The body may be able to adjust WB in camera way more than what the programs are able to do? On the Rebel t5i I've been using for these I am not able to "dial" in a WB kelvin. The highest it lets you do is "Shade" which is 7000K, otherwise your only other option is custom like I said earlier based off of a previous picture. My 6D lets you manually set it up to 10K but I don't have a lens less than 24mm for this yet. ISO is usually around 200 with the lights ramped up to their brightest for the day. Shutter though is 1/5. I might change that since the sensor is decent enough to go higher and faster shutter speeds. Shouldn't effect the WB though

Fish_Boy_Wonder · Mar 5, 2019

Hmmmm. I know LR and camera “preview” in .jpg so the RAW file in “develop” always looks a little different. Years ago there was a way to add your camera .jpg profile to LR but I’ve since forgotten(heavy PS editor) have you tried manually bringing out the colors in the HSL/color section? That usually saves my butt with color correction.