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<blockquote data-quote="Felisek" data-source="post: 469442" data-attributes="member: 23887">I am almost certain that WB does not affect RAW files. This is because a RAW file is raw data created by the sensor and parameters like white balance, contrast, sharpness and so on are applied later, then these raw data are converted into image (JPEG or TIFF or an image you see in a viewer, which is converted on the fly).However, the white balance value (as shot) is stored inside the RAW file in its metadata. If you use an image viewer, whether it is a default OS viewer or ViewNX2, it will apply the stored WB value automatically, when converting raw data into an image on the fly. But you can change it into any arbitrary value when converting RAW into image.RAW file is not an image. It has to be converted into an image (&quot;developed&quot;) and in the process of converting many parameters are applied: white balance, contrast, saturation and others. Each of these parameters will affect what the final image looks like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felisek, post: 469442, member: 23887"] I am almost certain that WB does not affect RAW files. This is because a RAW file is raw data created by the sensor and parameters like white balance, contrast, sharpness and so on are applied [I]later[/I], then these raw data are converted into image (JPEG or TIFF or an image you see in a viewer, which is converted on the fly). However, the white balance value (as shot) is stored inside the RAW file in its metadata. If you use an image viewer, whether it is a default OS viewer or ViewNX2, it will apply the stored WB value automatically, when converting raw data into an image on the fly. But you can change it into any arbitrary value when converting RAW into image. RAW file is [I]not[/I] an image. It has to be converted into an image ("developed") and in the process of converting many parameters are applied: white balance, contrast, saturation and others. Each of these parameters will affect what the final image looks like. [/QUOTE]

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