white balance settings for fluorescent light ?

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white balance settings for fluorescent light ?

Post by delic » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:31 pm

Which white balance setting for fluorescent light should be the best ?

In most cameras you can have a fluorescent light setting, sometimes called H.

I guess E is the best in many cases, but is there a setting that could be better for this ?



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Post by alexmeyer » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:12 am

Save an IGI file with your render, and just screw around in Violet to see what works best.
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Post by dougal2 » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:17 am

it depends on the temperature of the light source too.

Usually fluorescent lights look slightly blue, so choose an emitter temperature which is slightly higher than the camera white balance.
ie: emitter at 7000 or 7200 K
and choose D65 (6500K) white balance.

you'll have to tweak the values to taste.

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Post by delic » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:11 am

Thx, I'll try ...

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