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Step Nine:
Although I'm not a fan of the “helpful”
pixel Loupe, there is a feature that's a really
big help when you use the White Balance
Selector tool, and that's the Navigator
panel on the top of the left side Panels
area. What's cool about this is, as you
hover the White Balance Selector tool over
different parts of your photo, it gives you
a live preview of what the white balance
would look like if you clicked there. This
is huge, and saves you lots of clicks, and
lots of time, when finding a white balance
that looks good to you. For example, set
the White Balance to Auto, then hover
the White Balance Selector tool over the
background area (as shown here), and then
look at the Navigator panel to see how the
white balance would look if you clicked
there. Pretty sweet, eh? You could click the
tool as many times as you'd like to try out
different white balance looks, but honestly,
just looking over in the Navigator panel is
quicker and easier.
Step 10:
A couple of last things you'll want to
know about white balance: (1) When
you're finished using the tool, either click
it back where you got it from (that round,
dark gray circle in the Basic panel), or click
the Done button down in the toolbar.
(2) In the toolbar, there's an Auto Dismiss
checkbox. If you turn this on, it means that
after you click the tool once, it automati-
cally returns to its home in the Basic panel.
I leave this turned off, so I can easily just
click in a different area without having to
retrieve the tool each time. (3) To return
to the original As Shot white balance, just
choose As Shot from the White Balance
(WB) presets pop-up menu. (4) If you're
in the Library module, and you know you
need to get the White Balance Selector
tool, you can press W , which will switch
you over to the Develop module and
give you the tool.
The original As Shot white balance
setting, which looks too warm
and yellowish overall, and the gray
background looks kinda brownish
Here's the image after just one click
with the White Balance Selector tool.
The gray background is gray again,
and her skin tone looks good
 
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