You can now lock the white balance on your iPhone camera thanks to a new feature in iOS 17. Photographers who desire more control over the color temperature of their images or who wish to match the white balance of various cameras or devices will benefit from this feature. Today, we will show you how to lock white balance on iOS 17 for better pictures!
You might want to lock the white balance when you want it to stay that way during a video session. We’ll go through how to lock the white balance for videos you take on your iPhone in this post.
What will change if you lock the white balance on iOS 17?
White balance is the process of modifying an image’s color temperature to make it appear authentic and genuine. Your photos’ mood, tone, and color accuracy can all be impacted by white balance. An interior photo lit artificially, for instance, can have a yellowish tint, whereas an outdoor picture taken on a gloomy day would have a bluish tint. You must change your camera’s white balance in order to remove these color casts.
The automated white balance (AWB) feature of the majority of cameras, including the iPhone, modifies the color temperature based on the lighting circumstances. However, there are circumstances when the AWB may not perform well, particularly in scenarios with varying lighting or when trying to generate a particular artistic impression. Then you might wish to lock the white balance to a particular value and maintain it throughout your photos.
How to lock white balance on iOS 17
In this part of the article, we will show you how to lock the white balance on iOS 17. Please be reminded that this feature only works on iOS 17, and if you are using an older version, the steps below may not work on your device. iOS 17 Developer Beta is currently available, and you can update your software.
If you have already updated to iOS 17 and have your hands on the white balance feature, follow the steps below:
- Make sure you have iOS 17 installed on your device.
- Go to Settings.
- Find Camera.
- Click Record Video.
- Toggle on the “Lock White Balance” option.
Other iOS 17 features
At the WWDC presentation on June 5, 2023, Apple showcased a handful of the new features that would be included in iOS 17 this fall. They include Live Voicemail, the Journal app, a new way to use Stickers and Live Voicemail. Continue reading to find out more about all the changes and augmentations that will be made to your iPhone later in 2023.
Although iOS 17 doesn’t really offer any ground-breaking innovations, it does offer a handful of minor improvements. Even yet, a lot of the improvements have the potential to be quite useful, and in classic Apple style, a lot of the new features work flawlessly together across devices.
- Live Voicemail
- Contact Posters
- FaceTime
- Journal
- Check-in
- Standby
- Keyboard and iMessage
- Stickers
- Siri
- Apple Maps
- Airdrop
When you set your iPhone camera’s white balance to “locked,” you might be able to catch the various color tones that appear on subjects as you go from one scene to another with various lighting conditions.
You may get more accurate and consistent color in your images by locking the white balance on your iPhone. Additionally, it may allow you greater artistic flexibility to explore with various color nuances and moods. Try it out and see how it changes the way you capture images!
If you want to check out more iOS 17 guides, check the ones below:
