White Balance
White Balance corrects color casts so neutral tones look neutral under the shooting light, using the same named presets a camera offers — or a custom Kelvin value for full manual control.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Options | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | enum | as-shot, auto, tungsten, fluorescent, daylight, flash, cloudy, shade, custom | as-shot | The white balance source. |
| Temperature | number | 2000–10000 K | 6500 K | Only used when Mode is custom. |
How it works
as-shot and auto are true no-ops — the camera's own white balance (already applied during RAW processing) is left alone. Named presets map to fixed Kelvin values (tungsten 2800K, fluorescent 4000K, daylight 5500K, flash 5500K, cloudy 6500K, shade 7500K); custom uses the Temperature slider. Unlike the standalone Temperature filter, the shift here is computed relative to the photo's actual as-shot Kelvin value, not a fixed 6500K reference — so a "daylight" preset produces a genuinely corrective shift appropriate to what the camera actually recorded. Runs earliest among the color filters, in scene-linear space, before Temperature, Tint, Highlights/Shadows, and Exposure.
See also
Temperature and Tint for direct, fixed-reference shifts instead of preset-driven correction.
Control preview
JSON structure
{
"id": "white-balance",
"enabled": true,
"params": {
"mode": "as-shot",
"temperature": 6500
}
}