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EASY EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT

QUICK WHITE BALANCE CORRECTION

Onceyou’velocatedthe
imagein Viewerthatyou
wanttoworkon,clickon
theE iconat thetopof
thescreentoopenit in
theEditsection.Asusual,
it’sbesttoworkwithraw
filesasImagingEdge
offersa greaterrangeof
controlsoveryourimages.
There’sa Histogramat
thetopof thescreenthat
helpsyoutoassessthe
image’sexposurebutit’s
alsoworthtickingthe
boxesunder‘Display
Control’in thecolumnon
therightof thescreento
flagupanyareaswhere
theshadowsorhighlights
areclippedorthecolour
is out-of-gamut.Keepan
eyeontheseareasas
youtweaktheimage
usingtheBrightnessand
Contrast sliders etc.

Thefirststepin gettingcolourright
is tomakeanynecessarywhite
balanceadjustments.ImagingEdge’s
WhiteBalancecontrolhasa
collectionof Presetvaluesthatare
selectedbyclickingonthePreset
buttonandthenpickingtheoneyou
wantfromthedropdownlist.You
canthenfinessetheresultusing the
colourtemperaturecontrol
immediately below.

Alternatively,clickontheColor

Temperaturebuttonandseta Kelvin

temperaturedirectly.Clickingonthe

+/-buttonsadjuststhetemperature

by100Kat a time,butyoucanalso

typein a numericalvalue.

It’salsopossibletospecifya grey

pointjustbyclickingontheoption

andthenusingthedropperor

rectangularselectiontooltopickthe

area that should be rendered neutral.

Don’tbeafraidtoexperimentwith

different white balance settings

Handy white balance adjustment tools and presets help you to nail the right colour temperature

Adjustingtheexposurefor

thefulldynamicrange in the

image is also easy

‘TheImagingEdge

desktopversionhas

threeelements:

Remote,Viewer

a nd E d it .’