I forgot at a recent two camera shoot to white balance my cameras...yeah yeah I know :-(.

Anyway I now have to correct the white balance in post. I have Vegas Pro v13. When I run the Sony White Balance plugin I can greatly improve the colour but a thin horizontal bar of uncorrected colour appears in the right middle of the frame. Has anyone come across this? An thoughts on how I get rid of it? Or is it intentional to indicate how far you've shifted the colour from the original? It seems to stay...

I tried FB White Balance on trial, but my trial period has run out. However, if I run it, the frame goes black for all except this thin strip of original colour. If I try to do anything, FB tells me my trial has expired.

It is the thin strip that bothers me.

Make sure you don't have the Split Screen View enabled. It's just above your preview window. I got caught by this a few years ago and it drove me crazy trying to figure it out.

Viola...that was it! Thanks so much Mike. Appreciated!!!

Don't how the split screen got activated...

I was never happy with the results of the official Vegas WB plug-in so I bought FBmm White Balance plug-in. I use it on almost every project, does a much better job than the Vegas equivalent, worth looking at. AAV ColorLab which is free also does a better job with white balance than Vegas.

The Best White Balance plug-in for Sony Vegas - FBmn Software (http://www.fbmn-software.com/en/white-balance.html)
AAV ColorLab (http://aav6cc.blogspot.com/)

Actually...I ended up not using a white balance plug in but rather the colour correctors. Got the clips looking the same... :-) FB does appear to do a better job of WB than the vegas one...

I find a great little tool / plugin for white balance and minor color correction is AAV ColorLab. Bonus, it's free!
I find it better than the Vegas WB tool and the FBmn corrector which I also purchased.

AAV ColorLab (http://aav6cc.blogspot.com.au/)

Chris Young
CYV Productions
Sydney

I tend to use NewBlue ColorFast for white balance plus a whole lot more.