THAT'S CRAZY!, What do you use instead @alifftudm95

THAT'S CRAZY!, What do you use instead @alifftudm95

I always get my WB correct on camera in the first place. But let just say if the WB isn't accurate, then I fix it using the color correction tools. Much more realistic and accurate

I don't really get what you're doing. I think you are supposed to click on a white color, and you'd need to have a white card in the shot for that; otherwise, it is going to get wonky. I agree you should try to get a white balance in the field, especially in mixed light situations, and I'd never auto white balance anything. If anything, I'd use the color corrector and RGB parade to try and level things out. In other words, I don't think you should use auto white balance for anything professional.

“Why VP17 White Balance not Auto ?”

@lee-g - Why? Because the answer is hinted at within the product name: Vegas PROFESSIONAL

I’ve always WB-ed on site. If I then find I’ve got a problem I come to my Professional package - VP - and use any one of an arsenal of Colour Correcting Tools whilst checking my Scopes. Having said that, in the Primary, now ancient, Colour Corrector, I point my colour picker at either Grey or White or Black, and that’s as far as I would want an AUTO suggestion to be.

I blame Smart Phones and Auto Correct Photo packages to convince you that that should be the same for a professional NLE. But I’ve been wrong before, and maybe I should accept the Way of the World 😉!

nobody uses the white balance plugin because it has poor results. Better is automatic balancing in color curves plugin with one mouse click. but only up to version 353. newer versions have a high contrast error.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/v17-color-balance-v353-vs-v387-bug--118648/

nobody uses the white balance plugin because it has poor results.

@pierre-k - Ah, yes, I read that. To be honest I’ve now got other CCs that I run towards. And thanks for the nudge PK. 😉

Any thoughts on using R, G or B selections in VEGAS Levels to balance color/white? I've found Levels very useful for regaining real world colors where the original footage is compromised when shooting through tinted windows in trains/buses/hotel rooms etc.

BTW, Levels of course has a global effect for the shot, its not targeted to selected areas of the shot which can be accomplished by using some other plugins.

@pierre-k

nobody uses the white balance plugin because it has poor results. Better is automatic balancing in color curves plugin with one mouse click. but only up to version 353. newer versions have a high contrast error.

I find in v17 that I have to apply a lift of between 0.10 an 0.15 in the color grading color wheels to offset the contrast increase in auto balancing. And maybe set the gain to around .90. I only use the white balance plugin to double check white balance if I forget to bring my white card and have to use something else like a table cloth in which case I shoot a clip of it so I can futz with it some more later.

I used the white balance Fx but currently the amount slider is broken (bug) so the eyedropper part of it isn't useful. I think Colorfast has a white balance dropper that works.

For major WB issues, adjusting RGB curves manually works. It's helpful to have a reference for white, gray and black like a colorchecker.

Auto correction did work up until this last version. It was probably broken in an attempt to fix a bug where some of the numbers weren't the same when the project is reloaded. There really needs to be color samplers (like eyedropper samplers in Photoshop) so you can see the RGB or whatever numbers as you make changes with color tools. That would really be professional. What's not professional is trying to eyeball it without the use of actual numbers.

A FREE and EXCELLENT plugin for color correction and White Balance.
You can download it from: __HERE__

Simple and effective !!

@Sr_Garcia and it still works? hasn't been updated in more than 10 years

wow, amazing to think that came out 10 years ago.