{"id":21152,"date":"2019-10-28T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=21152"},"modified":"2023-08-19T10:40:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:40:22","slug":"4-ways-achieve-neutrality-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/21152\/4-ways-achieve-neutrality-images\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways To Achieve Neutrality In Your Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21153 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_AntarcticaXLII_Original.jpg\" alt=\"Antarctica XLII\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><br \/>\nThere are many ways to achieve neutrality in your images. The results they offer are not same. You need to know the differences so you can make better choices and get solutions that are right for you and your images. Explore them and you\u2019ll be more likely to make better choices for your images in the future. Keep exploring them and you\u2019ll open up a world of possibilities within your images.<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21178 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WB.jpg\" alt=\"WB\" width=\"425\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21154 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_AntarcticaXLII_WB.jpg\" alt=\"Antarctica XLII\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lightroom &amp; Camera Raw White Balance Dropper and Sliders<\/strong><br \/>\nThe simplest way to achieve neutrality is to correctly set white balance during Raw conversion with Lightroom or Camera Raw. Click on the eyedropper tool and click on a target area within the image. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s not so simple is identifying a good target. This will be easy if you photographed a color checker within the image or in a separate exposure at the same time, but few do. If you\u2019re like most photographers, you\u2019ll have to identify a good target visually, introducing a margin of error equal to your discernment. Usually, the best choices are midtones. This tool also works well with highlights, but they\u2019re more likely to carry color casts that you won\u2019t see at first glance.<\/p>\n<p>After you click on a target, the results can be refined further with the Temperature (blue to yellow) and Tint (green to magenta) sliders.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, you can use Camera Raw as a filter in Photoshop too.<br \/>\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-21169 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/17_MatchColor.jpg\" alt=\"17_MatchColor\" width=\"425\" height=\"508\" \/><br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21156 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/04_Levels_2Droppers.jpg\" alt=\"Antarctica XLII\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Normal blend mode<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Color blend mode<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/05_Levels_2Droppers_Color.jpg\" alt=\"Antarctica XLII\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Match Color<\/strong><br \/>\nMatch Color is Photoshop\u2019s often unfound and overlooked feature that offers such sophisticated results when neutralizing colors that it\u2019s often surprising. Not all colors will be affected equally \u2013 and that can be a good thing. Using Match Color is even easier than using Lightroom \/ Camera Raw\u2019s white balance eye-dropper because you don\u2019t need to click on a target. Simply check the box Neutralize \u2013 and leave all the other sliders and drop-down menus alone.<\/p>\n<br><script src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js\"><\/script><form method=\"post\" id=\"los-pp-form\"><table cellpadding=\"7\" style=\"background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #C0C0C0\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Insights Members can login to read the full article.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td> <input name=\"los_pp_email\" type=\"text\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha\" type=\"submit\" data-sitekey=\"6LecTYkqAAAAAHJvkyBxFs7D81oS4wjaoHknShEt\" data-callback=\"onSubmit\">Login<\/button> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/get-news\/\">Sign up<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/form><script> function onSubmit(token) { document.getElementById(\"los-pp-form\").submit(); } <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to achieve neutrality in your images. The results they offer are not same. 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