# Color balance consistency

**URL:** <https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/color-balance-consistency/5683>\
**Category:** Mac OS X\
**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/color-balance-consistency/5683 "2022-12-20T18:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![analogpics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@analogpics](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/analogpics)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/color-balance-consistency/5683/1 "2022-12-20T18:08:40Z")

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Hello, sorry if this has been discussed already, but i couldn’t find any other topics about this. I’ve had some great results from NLP, but I notice shot to shot, sometimes the color is really inconsistent. My setup is a canon 5dsr on a copy stand, using a Kaiser Plano lightpad which is 95 cri. I typically use a noritsu LS600 for my scans, but it currently needs to be serviced so i’ve been scanning everything on the 5dsr.

Everything is shot raw and daylight balanced…should i be setting it to auto white balance instead in camera? In lightroom, i use the eye dropper in the area between the frames and copy/paste the settings. I use the noritsu settings, then the flattest (i forget which one it is) setting. I don’t adjust color on any frames in NLP and do all of that in post.

Anyways, any help appreciated, thank you!

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**Author:** ![Harry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@Harry](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/Harry)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/color-balance-consistency/5683/2 "2022-12-21T09:34:34Z")

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Might this be something that the new ‘Roll analysis’ feature in v3 is addressing?

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**Author:** ![cvandebroek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cvandebroek](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/cvandebroek)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/color-balance-consistency/5683/3 "2022-12-21T12:10:40Z")

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I’ve seen such things happening too, though they are mostly easy to correct by altering the whitebalance inside the NLP plug in. Your process is other wise totally fine.