Unlock Vibrant Photos: Deep Dive into White Balance in Darktable!

[@stefannijenhuis6688]

This is what you call quality content. Keep it up!

[@jimschmidt7303]

Thank you Rico. Just watched this again, absolutely AWESOME! I had seen this color leveling technique for other programs but not Darktable.

[@RicoResolves]

Awesome to hear that Jim, I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment!

[@alseveron6558]

Great tip, Rico - thank you! This works better for me than White Balance.

[@RicoResolves]

That's so great to hear!

[@robertnowak1119]

Hello Rico. A great tutorial - very simple and helpful. Have a great day!

[@RicoResolves]

Thanks, I was actually amazed by the end result myself. Didn't expect it to "clean up" so much!

[@BallenvanStaal]

Fijne tutorial. Simpel en werkt zoals je wilt dat het werkt. Ik ga aan de slag. Doei!

[@RicoResolves]

Super om te horen!

[@OneCameraOneLens]

That was very educational Rico. Nice to have something very different that can be applied elsewhere.

[@RicoResolves]

Thanks Mark! Much appreciated!

[@hartmutgeier8282]

Many thanks for this excellent tutorial from Austria!!

[@RicoResolves]

Thank you Hartmut!

[@EricCosner]

Your version looks much more like actual underwater. I went on a submarine before and I can attest that your's actually looks more like real life. Great job!

[@RicoResolves]

Thanks man, appreciate the compliment!

[@charleshacker765]

This helps me understand the High Pass filter more!

[@RicoResolves]

Here's a dedicated video on the high-pass module: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6myiIZ5lNaliJo

[@brianw6645]

That histogram toggle trick is very interesting. Learned a lot from this video. Thanks.

[@RicoResolves]

Awesome Brian! Great seeing you here again! Are you interested in the Davinci videos too?

[@brianw6645]

@@RicoResolves I'm not into video at all right now. Once I get a camera with IBIS, I might dabble in video a little bit.

[@qanittakmeel]

I have been waiting for the second part of the darktable + luminar video.

[@RicoResolves]

Soon :)

[@richardinmontreal396]

Hi Rico, Wow, I never thought to use the histogram like that before. I also never played with the end points of the RGB (or Tone) curve. Those are amazing tips! Now I will go back to re-editing some of the photos I took in the aquarium in Valencia. Keep up the amazing work.

[@RicoResolves]

That is an awesome aquarium. I've been there too! A few years ago (before I met my gf) I went on a road trip to Spain by myself. Always loved the country and since I can manage myself language wise, it was a logical place for me to go. Can't wait till corona is over and we can visit Spain again 😁. If I didn't met my girlfriend, I'd be living in Barcelona now!

[@yogatsea]

really well explained. Thanks very much.

[@RicoResolves]

I'm glad this video was helpful. Thank you very much for commenting. Hope to welcome you as a new subscriber!

[@ludovicbernot]

Genious trick! Guy thanks

[@metalmick99]

Brilliant solution! Just brilliant! Thanks so much. Didn't make love to the like button, but I did give it a good poke. ;-))

[@RicoResolves]

Haha thank you Michael!

[@arnav-matta]

this was great

[@Igorsfa]

Thanks Rico! I took some pictures on a aquarium and they looked too much blue, I'll follow the tips to make them look better!

[@RicoResolves]

Let me know how it turns out!

[@warped_spacetime]

I think the White Balance module automatically balances the RGB graphs if you select spot colour (with the bounding box around everything). But it's still a useful trick with the RGB curves to then tweak it manually. Thanks, I learned something new.

[@RicoResolves]

With an image this blue, it's not possible to get good results without using this technique.

[@ikitamanyira8221]

Best tutorial, thanks for it

[@RicoResolves]

Thank you for sending the image Iki! It was lovely working on it!

[@advaitraut6780]

Hi Rico, I love watching your Darktable videos short & sweet. Please keep doing it, it helps a lot. I have 1 question though, most of my time when I process my RAW images in darktable, the end result still has that white cast in the images, can you let me know how I can remove it.

[@RicoResolves]

What kind of white cast and what kind of image are you editing? Feel free to email me at [e-mail] with your picture. I'll have a look :)

[@advaitraut6780]

@@RicoResolves Thanks a lot. I have emailed you. :)

[@daveek42]

Thanks Rico, these videos and tutorials are so helpful. Is there any chance you can show us how to split images in darktable to make a landscape into a swipe picture in Instagram? Hope you know what I mean. If you've already done this I'd love to see it but couldn't find anything about this on KZbin for darktable.

[@RicoResolves]

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, darktable isn't suited for that. In theory you could crop out half, export it and then crop out the other half and export that. However, it's much more easy to do with GIMP. So it's not impossible in darktable, but it is very annoying to do lol.

[@daveek42]

Lol I did notice it was annoying!! I'll check out GIMP then. Keep up the good work!

[@MuzzaNZ]

Great video Rico. One question - in my version of Darktable, 3.4 I believe, the histogram doesn't have the option to show RGB separated as does on yours - am I missing something?

[@RicoResolves]

Mmm it should be able to! Do you select the right pictogram to change the histogram?

[@RandallKayfes]

I was noticing you were using Legacy in the module order instead of v3.0 any particular reason? Loved the video either way!

[@RicoResolves]

I'm a creature of habit I guess!

[@RandallKayfes]

@@RicoResolves I am completely new so wondering if I should legacy or v3... modules?

[@RandallKayfes]

@@RicoResolves Especially since I am watching several of your videos which are pre version 3 modules...

[@RicoResolves]

@@RandallKayfes you can use darktable anyway you like. That's the great thing about the creative space.

[@andreasstromberg296]

Why not find a grey point in the picture and use the eyedropper to manually set the white balance as in Photoshop?

[@RicoResolves]

Cause it'll have a cast for sure

[@cosmo0080]

i want to try this soon with car pictures

[@RicoResolves]

Let me know how it works out!

[@cosmo0080]

@@RicoResolves k,

[@johnq.public2621]

:)

[@RicoResolves]

Thank you for commenting everywhere :)

[@johnq.public2621]

@@RicoResolves Most welcome! I am learning a lot and enjoy your channel. I hope my small contribution helps.

[@RicoResolves]

@@johnq.public2621 it definitely does!