Chapter 6
Mastering Color Controls
IN THIS CHAPTER
Exploring white balance and its effect on color
Creating a custom White Balance setting
Fine-tuning all White Balance settings
Setting the color space (sRGB or Adobe RGB)
Experimenting with Canon Picture Styles
Looking at the Clarity setting
Compared with certain camera settings — resolution, aperture, shutter speed, autofocus options — your camera’s color-related features are fairly simple to figure out. You can fix most color problems by adjusting one setting: White Balance. And getting a grip on color requires learning only a couple of terms, an unusual state of affairs for an endeavor that often seems more like university-level science than art.
Some settings screens that you use to adjust color options, on the other hand, are a little confusing, often displaying symbols or letters that don’t offer a clue to their meaning. This ...