Setting White Balance using FiLMiC Pro Camera App

Setting White Balance using FiLMiC Pro Camera App

1. Open FiLMiC Pro
2. Tap the Imaging Panel icon
3. Aim camera at non-reflective white surface
4. Tap AWB (Auto White Balance) icon (turns from blue to red) to lock white balance
5. Close Imaging Panel

White balance card

When setting white balance you need a neutral surface to point the camera at. There are items you can purchase or you can use a piece of white paper. FiLMiC Pro suggest a tissue as its less reflective than paper.

X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Video

If you want to be fully scientific about setting white balance, you can look at getting one of these.

However, for a fraction of the price you can get a fold up white balance reflector.

When tested, FiLMiC Pro found the colour temperature result was identical between the X-rite and the fold up reflector. Even the kitchen towel was only about 10% out (easy to fix in post).

Orange AWB button

If you tap the AWB button a third time it changes from red to orange. This is a new setting in FiLMiC Pro which locks the white balance as soon as you start filming. When you are not recording, the white balance remains on auto.

The reason for this useful feature is that white balance can adjust while you are filming and become almost impossible to fix in the edit. But if you don’t have time to keep manually setting and locking white balance, you can use the orange AWB setting. That way, at least your white balance will be stable throughout the shot and problems can be fixed later.

Read more: White Balance for Video – Basics Explained

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