Friday, April 3, 2009

White Balance

White balance is very important for a good, consistent shot. This is one area that many beginner videographers miss. Many don’t even think about setting their white balance because they don’t know anything about it. Because of this their cut away shots are often do not match.
There is a simple solution to this problem. Many, except some of the cheaper and older cameras, have an option to set up a consistent white balance.
This is a relatively easy process. All that is needed is a white sheet or light gray sheet of paper or white wall. Have both cameras zoom in on the white area and hit the white balance button which looks like a two little triangles and a circular thing on top. Some cameras have this option in their camera menus so you might have to do some searching to find this option, but it is definitely worth the time to set up right.

2 comments:

  1. so true. although it can be a struggle to find that blank sheet of white paper.

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