How can I fix a tungsten white balance color cast in JPEG photos using Photoshop?
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A set of JPEG photos was accidentally shot with the camera white balance set to Tungsten, causing a strong color cast. Is there an easy way to correct the white balance in Photoshop, especially if I need to fix multiple images?
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You can load jpegs into Adobe Camera Raw from bridge and have all the same options as processing a raw file. So you can choose the correct colour temperature and then convert several files with the same settings.
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Yes. JPEG files have less white-balance flexibility than RAW, but you can usually correct a mistaken Tungsten setting well enough in Photoshop workflows.
Two practical options mentioned are:
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Adobe Camera Raw: Open the JPEGs in Adobe Camera Raw (for example via Bridge), then adjust the color temperature/white balance controls just as you would with a RAW file. If many images were shot under the same light, you can apply the same correction to all of them in a batch.
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Levels / neutral-point correction in Photoshop: Use Levels and the white, black, or especially gray/neutral eyedropper to click an area that should be neutral gray or white. Photoshop will rebalance the color channels to reduce the cast. You may need to fine-tune per image.
The easiest method is whichever gives you a believable neutral reference in the photo. If all the shots were made under the same lighting, batch-applying one correction can save a lot of time.
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