Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 8-13. You can use the Photo Filter to correct the color casts caused by artificial lighting or
reflected light. Left: This photo had a strong warm cast from nearby incandescent lighting. Right:
The filter named “Cooling Filter (LBB)” took care of it. Conversely, you'd use one of the warming
filters to counteract a blue cast caused by fluorescent lighting.
Elements comes with 20 photo filters, but for most people, the first six in the list (see step 2
below) are the most important: three warming filters and three cooling filters, which you use
to get rid of color casts caused by poor white balance (see
Rotating, Straightening, and Crop-
ping
). These filters sometimes work better than the Color Cast eyedropper (
The Remove Co-
lor Cast Command
)
because you can control their strength using the Density slider (ex-
plained in a moment). You can also apply them as Adjustment layers, so you can tweak them
later on.
To apply a photo filter:
1.
Open the Photo Filter dialog box, or create a new Adjustment layer
.
Go to Filter→Adjustments→Photo Filter, or Layer→New Adjustment Layer→Photo
Filter. Either way, you see the Photo Filter adjustment controls. If you're applying the
Photo Filter directly to your image, you get a dialog box. If you go the Adjustment-
