Changing image color tones (my colors), For manually setting a custom white balance – Canon PowerShot SX510 HS User Manual

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Tv, Av, and M

Mode

Still Images

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Custom White Balance

For image colors that look natural under the light in your shot, adjust white

balance to suit the light source where you are shooting. Set the white

balance under the same light source that will illuminate your shot.

z

z

Follow the steps in “Adjusting White

Balance” (

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) to choose [ ].

z

z

Aim the camera at a plain white subject,

so that the entire screen is white. Press

the <

l> button.

z

z

The tint of the screen changes once the

white balance data has been recorded.

Colors may look unnatural if you change camera settings after

recording white balance data.

Still Images

Movies

Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors)

Change image color tones as desired, such as converting images to sepia

or black and white.

z

z

Press the <

m> button, choose [ ] in

the menu, and choose the desired option

(

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).

z

z

The option you configured is now

displayed.

My Colors Off

Vivid

Emphasizes contrast and color saturation, making images

sharper.

Neutral

Tones down contrast and color saturation for subdued images.

Sepia

Creates sepia tone images.

B/W

Creates black and white images.

Positive Film

Combines the effects of Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, and Vivid

Red to produce intense yet natural-looking colors resembling

images on positive film.

Lighter Skin Tone Lightens skin tones.

Darker Skin Tone Darkens skin tones.

Vivid Blue

Emphasizes blues in images. Makes the sky, ocean, and other

blue subjects more vivid.

Vivid Green

Emphasizes greens in images. Makes mountains, foliage, and

other green subjects more vivid.

Vivid Red

Emphasizes reds in images. Makes red subjects more vivid.

Custom Color

Adjust contrast, sharpness, color saturation, and other

qualities as desired (

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White balance (

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) cannot be set in [ ] or [ ] modes.

With [ ] and [ ] modes, colors other than people’s skin tone may

change. These settings may not produce the expected results with

some skin tones.

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