Night time photography, colour correcting streetlights

[Steveatesh]

New to PSP and keen to learn how to use it properly so this isn't a problem per se, more a desire to learn from you experts!

I took some night time photos of a car using long exposure, the pictures are clear and focused but they have that yellow-orange street light tint to them. Is there an easy way in PSP X6 to get rid of that colour cast?

I've googled the problem and there does not appear to be a single best way to do it. Is there one method that produces better results than others if so what do you suggest?

I'm shooting in RAW in Large with a Nikon D5100 if that matters for this.

I'm not bothered how I output it as up to now I've just experimented on screen. No error codes yet!

Thanks in advance.

[brucet]

One method you may like to try. (There's more than one way to approach most issues).

Go into Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Hue Saturation lightness. You'll see the 'Edit' drop down menu. Select 'yellow'. Using the left hand slider/saturation reduce the colour. Make sure you have the 'Preview on Image' button checked. You can adjust the 'yellow' affected by using the colour wheel to address the 'orange' hues.

You could make a selection and simply adjust smaller areas if this affects the over all hues.

regards

[MarkZ]

I'm shooting in RAW in Large with a Nikon D5100 if that matters for this.

Since you are shooting in RAW, consider trying Corel AfterShot Pro. This program is intended for editing and converting RAW files. It operates in a non-destructive manner and is much better than PSP for RAW and you may get better colour correction with it, adjusting white balance with Kelvin temperature, for example. I use this as my first stage of processing followed by PSP as necessary. This was formerly Bibble, purchased by Corel. The interface is completely different than PSP but once you get used to it, works very well and is offered at a good price. It also has excellent catalouging capabilities.

[Forriner]

I use X4 myself, but it would surprise me if X6 didn't have the simple Adjust Colour Balance dialogue that X4 has. Because that's what you're talking about.
There are sliders, you can fill in a colour temperature, you can click on a colour that should be white, many options in that dialogue. Try it

[Steveatesh]

Thanks for your replies, I appreciate it. I'll check out Aftershot - didn't know about that at all- and the other suggestions too.