If white balance is the only problem why not just shoot in raw and make your
white balance corrections there? Same thing as doing it on the camera.

"Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@go.com> wrote in message
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> "Tesselator" <Jimmmboe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > I have a question.  How would that help when using a studio flash
> > setup?  That would work for floods or spots but flash?  And if it's
> > Studio it's probably pointed at a diffusion shield of some type.
> > I would /think/ the best way would be to rapid strope and record
> > your ballance off the umbrella surface, or pannel or whatever
> > is being used for diffusion.  Is this wrong?
> >
> Yes. You want to white balance according to the light hitting the subject,
> same as if you were outdoors or using any other kind of light subject. The
> temperature of the stobes will vary depending on brand and age of the
tube,
> so custom white balance is the only way to get accuracy.
>
> You have the subject hold the card and white balance according to the
> instructions for your camera.
>
> >
> > Also Eyron,  do you have to take these through post anyway?  If
> > your post editing and color correction facilities are set up
> > professionally and your file format is deep just keep doing
> > the corrections there as I'm guessing you'll have to anyway.
> > No good?
> >
> >             O :-)
> If you custom white balance the amount of post processing for color
balance
> is almost zero.
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