Changing the white balance on a photo can significantly enhance its appearance by intensifying specific colors. Adobe Photoshop has a couple of methods to adjust the white balance of your project. Here are the two most commonly used ways.
Adjust the white balance manually
With your picture opened in Photoshop, follow these steps.
- In the Layers tab, click on Create new fill or adjustment layer.
- Click on Curves.
- In the new window that pops up, click on the three vertical lines and select Show Clipping for Black/White Points.
- From the RGB drop-down menu, choose Red.
- Move the left arrow to the right until the picture shows dark spots.
- Move the right arrow to the left until the picture shows red spots.
- From the RGB drop menu, choose Green.
- Again, move the left arrow toward the right until the picture shows dark spots.
- Move the right arrow to the left until the picture shows green spots.
- From the RGB drop-down menu, select Blue.
- Move the left arrow to the right until the picture shows dark spots.
- Move the right arrow to the left until the picture shows blue spots.
- You are done.
Adjust white balance using Auto Options
Some preset settings could work as well.
- In the Layers tab, click on Create new fill or adjustment layer.
- Click on the three lines in the top right, and select Auto Options.
- Check out the options under “Algorithms”, as those are preset color correction options.
- In this case, we will choose Enhance Per Channel Contrast. Test them and find the one that best optimizes the white balance of your image. When finished, click OK.
Your image will be white-balanced according to the preset.