The Secret Trick to White Balancing WITHOUT White

What to do when there's no white in a scene for color correction?
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If you've ever had a tight shot that seemingly had a white balancing issue and yet nothing in the scene could be construed as white to use a reference, you're not the first and you're not alone.

I remember as a startup colorist feeling so puzzled about, "How in the world am I going to white balance this shot with no white in it and how will I ever even know if it has been white balanced accurately?"

Well if you're anything like me I like to stew over problems and listen to the marbles roll around in my head until I come up with a solution.

And the solution to fixing a white balance issue even when there is no white in shot is to stick with what you do know.

Filmmakers and photographers can rejoice because there's finally way to fix your shots even without white.

Here's how... The main focus of any shoot is the talent, and they have skin and that skin can be used as a reference in place of white because when balanced properly it will line up on the "flesh line" of the Vectorscope!

I hope this trick resonates with you and what you can do in your color grading.

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Denver Riddle
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