White Balance

[Victor Ramirez]

Does auto white balance work.

 

[Thomas Pohl]

Is this a question? ;-) I personally down use it. While shooting I adjust the look roughly (manually) and fix it afterwards in RED Alert, Clipfinder,...

Cheers Thomas.

 

[Terry VerHaar]

Since this is your first post, perhaps I can assume you aren't too familiar with the concept of shooting RAW? Forgive me if my assumption is incorrect. However, when shooting RAW, you are simply recording all the data that the sensor has access to. Something like white balance is only metadata and can be changed any time. I haven't shot with a RED but I am wondering if there is even an auto WB function?

In any case, I guess a simple answer to your question is maybe another question... "Why would it need to?"

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Auto white balance is an option, and could be useful in certain situations. More likely than not, you'll be setting white balance and color adjustments manually via metadata on set, and then making more fine tuned adjustments in post. It's always a good idea when possible to provide color charts, white/grey/black reference points etc so post has a good starting point.

 

[Graeme Nattress]

Yes, it works - just make sure the camera is pointed at a grey card.

Graeme