White Balance Guide: The Secret To GOOD LOOKING Videos

If you want your videos to look good, stop using auto white balance. In this video, I'll show you why manual white balance is key for high-quality footage. Say goodbye to that awkward blue or orange tint in your videos with this easy to follow system that I wish I had when I was first starting out with cameras.
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00:00 White Balance Basics
12:24 Practical Examples
19:27 Post Production
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[profitpluto]

I’ve learned so much from your videos and went from being afraid of shooting SLOG3 to dialing in my workflows in run/gun situations. Keep doing what you do, it’s greatly appreciated.

[AlexSTR]

This is a great tutorial how to control white balance to look natural. I usually trying for neutral too much which makes my shots not right sometimes. And it was hard to figure why. Thank you!

[kelly.mondragon]

Best video on white balance I've seen, at least for an amateur like me. Thank you.

[lexindigital]

Sean, I got to say... Your explanation in the style of videos that you do, actually made it finally click in my head on various subjects. It might be that your videos allowed previously gathered information to fall into place with the help of your How and Why examples, plus the practical demonstrations. I am not sure, but it seem that your wording and explanations do resonate better with the way my brain thinks.

In sports, I have observed that some coaches would try explaining a task (say gymnastics), but the person would fail to understand and do it as advised. Yet, all it takes is another coach to explain it in his own way and suddenly it clicks!

Thanks for the content, lets see how much I can digest and use in my projects.

[shiftintosunshine]

Such a great video. Totally demystified white balance for me. Thank you.

[LarsBergan]

Another full-packed video of knowledge! I am so grateful for you taking the time explaining by showing, but also at a level I can follow and understand 😊👌Now its time to take my camera and practice. Thank you Sean!!

[asiadmajeed]

And he’s back. Nice to see you with another educational video man. I try to follow the tips you give to get out of the comfort zone with “auto” even though I might not do that every time. Your video often gives helpful insight. Let’s catch up some day. 🤘

[ZooDinghy]

This is really good! You have put a lot of effort in there! Thanks! 🙏

[becamilano]

Hi Sean, thank you so much for the magnificent lesson. It will help me a lot. If you could answer a question of mine, I would be very grateful. I record a lot of content in my kitchen that has a lot of glass and windows and the incidence of light is very high. What color temperature would I put on my lights and what level of WB would I put on my camera before I started fine-tuning?

[pluscreator]

Zebra exposure transformed my videos for the better. Now I'm excited to nail my white balance every time, too.

[vlad_bisu]

Damn sir. Thank you for this. I have good eyes so I was always relying on them.
But everything makes much more sense now and I can't wait to test it out on the next gig.

[Mraz]

Thank you now i understand the importance of white balance. You have explicitly explain in detail how to understand the kelvin scale.

[Jambo]

Good examples of what goes wrong with AWB. I have a set of "Warm Cards" which were handy in setting an artificial warmer or cooler look to match a scene.

[MaciejBanach]

Thank you so much for the great tutorial about WB. May I ask what type of monitor you are using with the Sony A7CII?

[paulmitchellphoto]

Good video man, thank you. Trying to up my video and photo game this year and this will help.

[nobis]

Sean, great videos as usual! Can you recommend a soft "gray" card for white balance that is perfect for my Sony ZV E1??? thanks!

[manuelfigueroa]

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you finally well explained. Will update comments after trying this. Just sub.

[Squidpaws-]

8:55 I was just about to ask about custom presets. It's so annoying that you can't custom white balance in these modes with sony. This is why I've always just used AWB. Ok, back to the video... I think you may just convince me to start using manual WB...

[salahgassim]

For me as deutan color blind, hue doesnt make much of a difference to me. Clips at 06:53 look identical to me.

White balance is what i can learn from this video.

Thanks for the great content ❤

[Ailandscapes]

I was totally following until 16:29 where you gave the two examples of the light sources behind you. I was expecting the complete opposite. Why is it when you set the cameras white balance at a cool 4000, and you brought down the streaky light kelvins down, they appeared more orange?? I was expecting them to appear cooler. And literally the opposite for the spot light.