The tint slider adjusts the amount of green or magenta introduced into the picture. This helps account for lighting that does not correspond exactly to a particular color temperature.

Pull the slider to the left and you add ever more green and remove magenta (see how the green curve moves to the right in the graph).

Pull the slider to the right and you add ever more magenta and remove green (see how the magenta curve moves to the right in the graph and the green to the left).

Knowing more about white balance and color temperature will make it easier to set your camera or use your RAW processing software to get the colors you want in your pictures.

Not only will your colors be better when you set your white balance correctly, they'll have better contrast and you'll have fewer problems to correct later on. You'll spend less time fixing pictures and more time taking them.

Finally, don't limit yourself to trying to get the technically correct white balance all the time. Sometimes your pictures will look better if you use a different setting than the lighting would normally call for. Get creative and use different settings to manipulate the colors in your pictures to get a whole new look.

Enjoy!
-Brian

The tint slider adjusts the amount of green or magenta introduced into the picture. This helps account for lighting that does not correspond exactly to a particular color temperature.

Pull the slider to the left and you add ever more green and remove magenta (see how the green curve moves to the right in the graph).

Pull the slider to the right and you add ever more magenta and remove green (see how the magenta curve moves to the right in the graph and the green to the left).

Knowing more about white balance and color temperature will make it easier to set your camera or use your RAW processing software to get the colors you want in your pictures.

Not only will your colors be better when you set your white balance correctly, they'll have better contrast and you'll have fewer problems to correct later on. You'll spend less time fixing pictures and more time taking them.

Finally, don't limit yourself to trying to get the technically correct white balance all the time. Sometimes your pictures will look better if you use a different setting than the lighting would normally call for. Get creative and use different settings to manipulate the colors in your pictures to get a whole new look.

Enjoy!
-Brian