I'm finally starting to play with Lightroom, and I had a really good experience with it today.
The problem: I took several dozen photos indoors under fluorescent light with no flash. While I had set the WB control to fluorescent, there was still a bit of a greenish cast to the photos - all of them.
The Lightroom solution:
1. Adjust the white balance for the one of the photos. In my case, the eyedropper did the trick.
2. Click on the Copy button in lower left of Develop screen. In the popup, turn off all check marks except White balance in the pop-up screen. Click Copy to exit the popup.
3. Go to the Film Strip. Select all the photos in which you want to apply the new white balance setting. (Shift-Click or Ctrl-Click as in any Windows app)
4. Click on the SYNC button at the lower right. DONE. Total elapsed time: a few minutes
These instructions come from "Photoshop Lightroom Adventure", a new book by Mikkel Aaland, who was my favorite Elements author back in the 'early days'. His new work is excellent and also includes numerous photos from the Lightroom Iceland Adventure, a convening of photographers to try out the as-yet unreleased Lightroom. Highly recommended!
The problem: I took several dozen photos indoors under fluorescent light with no flash. While I had set the WB control to fluorescent, there was still a bit of a greenish cast to the photos - all of them.
The Lightroom solution:
1. Adjust the white balance for the one of the photos. In my case, the eyedropper did the trick.
2. Click on the Copy button in lower left of Develop screen. In the popup, turn off all check marks except White balance in the pop-up screen. Click Copy to exit the popup.
3. Go to the Film Strip. Select all the photos in which you want to apply the new white balance setting. (Shift-Click or Ctrl-Click as in any Windows app)
4. Click on the SYNC button at the lower right. DONE. Total elapsed time: a few minutes
These instructions come from "Photoshop Lightroom Adventure", a new book by Mikkel Aaland, who was my favorite Elements author back in the 'early days'. His new work is excellent and also includes numerous photos from the Lightroom Iceland Adventure, a convening of photographers to try out the as-yet unreleased Lightroom. Highly recommended!