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Mark
01-07-2008, 21:05
I managed to bugger up the white balance settings on my camera, so all my photos from today have a lovely colour tint. :/

Any tools out there to help fix this? (any OS will do - I have access to Windows and Linux here and OS X at home)

Please, save me from myself. :)
petemc
01-07-2008, 22:02
What format are they? If its RAW you can use something like Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop or Bridge and fix one, then apply the settings to them all. If not you can try auto levels on them.
Mark
01-07-2008, 22:10
JPEG - the S3 IS doesn't do RAW. :(

Auto levels will fix most of the problems, but I still have to apply that one photo at a time, and I'm a lazy sod. :p
petemc
01-07-2008, 22:24
Ah. Hmmm if you used Lightroom you could copy / paste the settings across them all.
Mark
01-07-2008, 23:15
Thanks. I'll research that when I get home but I suspect that might involve parting with hard-earned monies. :(
petemc
01-07-2008, 23:18
Yer :/ Plus its probably a bit much if you're shooting jpg.
LeperousDust
02-07-2008, 01:00
For a generic auto fix Picasa does this very well :) You can apply auto white balance, contrast, colour, or "I'm feeling lucky" (which generally does an amazing job of all three). For quick editing of generic photos from a (my) compact i find it does a stunning job. :) Its also free.
Darryn
02-07-2008, 08:40
Sounds like a job for a simply action in Photoshop to me, record an action of yourself repairing 1 photo and saving it, and then use the File/Automate/Batch command to repeat that newly created action on the whole directory full of them.
BBx
02-07-2008, 08:59
Sounds like a job for a simply action in Photoshop to me, record an action of yourself repairing 1 photo and saving it, and then use the File/Automate/Batch command to repeat that newly created action on the whole directory full of them.

Thats what I was going to suggest. :)

BB x
Chuckles
02-07-2008, 09:55
If you've got a Mac, Aperture 2 is well worth a look. I much prefer it to Lightroom. :D
Mark
02-07-2008, 10:15
Thanks all. I'll take a look at Picasa first as I actually installed that before I left home on the possibility that it might be useful for something. :)