On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 06:46:12PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I used my Canon PowerShot SD780IS to record some videos in open shade on a > bright sunny day. I transferred the resulting files to my Ubuntu system. > The thumbnails (*.THM) look reasonable, but the videos (*.MOV) which are > listed as QuickTime, are heavily tinted blue. ( The subject was a Blue > Grass band, but not that blue.) The instructions for the camera do not > offer choices for video white balance, although it does for the stills. > > One person suggested that that the problem may be in the display SW--I am > using Movie Player, the default on Ubuntu. > > How do I diagnose the problem? What you describe is what I would expect from a camera balanced for daylight rendering subjects in open shade.
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