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How to Balance Out Yellow in a Photo

In the post-production process, color balancing is the step of adjusting the color channels to create a balanced picture. Whether you are adjusting an old picture that contains a lot of yellow or fixing a picture where the white balance was incorrectly set, knowing how to fix the color will allow you to correct mistakes made when the picture was taken. Use an advanced photo editing program like GIMP, Paint.net or Photoshop for this type of editing task.

Things You'll Need

GIMP, Paint.net or Adobe Photoshop

Instructions

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  Turn your computer on and open up Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.net. Photoshop is a program you buy; the two others are available as free downloads and are similar to Photoshop.
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  Click "File" in the navigation bar and select "Open" from the new menu. Use your computer cursor to navigate to the folder and highlight the file you want to open. Click "OK" and the image will open in the program window.
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  Click "Enhance" in the navigation bar and select "Adjust color" then "Color variations" from the drop-down menu. There will be three color adjustments for increasing or decreasing the level of each channel. By increasing or decreasing the red, green and blue channel, you can remove the yellow color cast from your picture. Once you have adjusted the picture to your satisfaction, click "OK" and the program will adjust the picture and close the window.
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  Click "File" and select "Save as" from the menu, give your edited picture a name and save it to your computer.

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