Last year I was a little annoyed that Photoshop didn't have a "click on white to white balance the picture" function. So I wrote this little script to do just that. I figured someone else out there might have some use for this too.
All you do is use your eye dropper to select a color that should be white to make it the foreground color, then play the script. It will give you a few parameters to adjust so you can fine tune your color adjustment, and tah-dah, you have yourself a white balanced image.
A few things to note:
1) It applies the white balance to the layer that is selected, not the entire image.
2) It saves a new layer, so it is completely non-destructive.
3) I wrote this for Photoshop CS2. I would assume that it works for CS3 and CS1, but I've never tried. I knowthat it doesn't work for 7.0. I did make a 7.0 version though, so if anybody wants that one, let me know and I will try to dig it up. I'm pretty sure it didn't have as many options.
4) It has a black balance option too. Click on something that is supposed to be black and make that color the background color. I have never actually used this with good results, but it's there in case your picture has really messed up shadows.
5) It actually works pretty well. If your colors are way off, then it's probably better to fix it by hand. I think having the intensity and the threshold options are pretty handy, being that I generally don't want my whites to actually be pure white.
Known issues:
1) If you have more than one layer selected, it is going to screw stuff up. It won't mess up your picture, but it will create a bunch of layers and the white balance won't work.
2) Mac users, it works just the same, but you don't get to preview the changes you are making when the dialog is open. I suggest unchecking the "merge to single layer" option and just adjusting the opacity of each layer that the script creates. This is the same adjustment that the "Intensity" knob adjusts.
These are the only issues I know of. If you find other problems, let me know, and I will most likely do nothing about it.
How to run:
Just stick it in your Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Presets\Scripts folder. Next time you open up Photoshop, it will be under File->Scripts.
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
White Balance CS2.jsx - you'll want to right click and save as or it will just open up the code in a new window.
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his past Saturday we had one of the coolest outings with our ward. We drove up to SF and took a ferry across the bay to Alameda where we picnicked. The park had a BEAUTIFUL view of city!
This fly landed on her hand and would not leave. She pet it, cradled it, and kissed it even and it hardly ever flinched, but when any of us got close it would freak out. The really weird part is that this isn't the first time this has happened with Elyette. Sadly, in the end it gave up the ghost... perhaps it had come to breathe its last breathe in the arms of this sweet, tender, little lover of ALL God's creations.
Handsome guy, huh? Yep, thats my dad! His name is Steven. He's one of those rare treasures in this world. The kind that doesn't have mansions, titles, and a huge salary as proof his greatness and hardwork, but rather a loving family. A man who teaches by example and trust in the Lord. The kind thats been given far more than his fair share of lemons in life (and I'm only aware of a small portion of those lemons) and makes them into lemonade.
The Mid-autumn Moon Festival is big in Chinese culture. As it suggests it's celebrated when the full moon appears the largest, in the Fall (the 15th lunar months I believe). They eat moon cakes, tell legends and sing etc. Last night was a full moon, so for FHE we decided to have a moonlight picnic as our own little Moon Festival. We brought our moon blanket, (our picnic blanket happens to have moons and stars) had a lesson on the creation, sang songs and ate "moon pies" as we watched the moon rise. Some of my siblings may recall one of the songs we sang; "look the moon!...I see the moon, the moon sees me..." :). And has anyone ever had a moon pie? They are basically a commercial version of s'mores. I'm not sure where you can find them (not at Target, I looked) so we made our own version: nutella and marshmallow cream spread on graham crackers. 
Jack's Birthday was a really fun day for all of us. The night before Elyette helped me put up streamer and bake the cake. The day of, we took him to McDonalds for his first happy meal (momentous, I know...don't tell my Public Health professors). He ate all of his cheeseburger and some of Elyette's! He LOVED his chocolate milk and held his little toy all through his "attempted" nap. After lunch, we picked up some balloons. Of course one of them popped within 30 seconds of being home :). 
Elyette picked out her present for Jack (a set of cars, perfect :)) and wrapped in all by herself. She really did, I just cut the tape for her, she cut the ribbons and everything. She even wrote "To Jack" (so she tells me) all over it along with some smiley faces for him. He had a lot of help opening his presents. Then we ate cake! He also had some help blowing out his candle. 
