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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 528187" data-attributes="member: 13090">As I understand it, you can use different WB settings when shooting RAW but you're not actually affecting the RAW file itself. The WB information you've chosen in the menu is simply being recorded and appended to the RAW data. You would be able to change the WB at any time during post' because you've not actually affected the data.Using Camera RAW, I can apply any of the Nikon Profiles (Landscape, Vivid, Portrait, Flat, etc.) to any RAW file, regardless of what settings I used in-camera; they're just presets. I can do the same with WB; the options are just presets I can apply if I want to. Maybe I forgot to change the WB setting one day and I accidentally took a fantastic shot using the &quot;Tungsten&quot; WB preset on my camera while outdoors... No problem, I just change the WB setting from &quot;Tungsten&quot; to &quot;Auto&quot; or &quot;As Shot&quot; (or any other preset or adjust it manually) while in Camera RAW. Again, as I understand it... RAW data is just that: RAW data. We can apply all the &quot;settings&quot; we want in-camera to save time but in the final analysis, it's still just RAW data and all of those presets are appended to that data to help speed up our workflow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 528187, member: 13090"] As I understand it, you can use different WB settings when shooting RAW but you're not actually affecting the RAW file itself. The WB information you've chosen in the menu is simply being recorded and appended to the RAW data. You would be able to change the WB at any time during post' because you've not actually affected the data. Using Camera RAW, I can apply any of the Nikon Profiles (Landscape, Vivid, Portrait, Flat, etc.) to any RAW file, regardless of what settings I used in-camera; they're just presets. I can do the same with WB; the options are just presets I can apply if I want to. Maybe I forgot to change the WB setting one day and I accidentally took a fantastic shot using the "Tungsten" WB preset on my camera while outdoors... No problem, I just change the WB setting from "Tungsten" to "Auto" or "As Shot" (or any other preset or adjust it manually) while in Camera RAW. Again, as I understand it... RAW data is just that: RAW data. We can apply all the "settings" we want in-camera to save time but in the final analysis, it's still just RAW data and all of those presets are appended to that data to help speed up our workflow. [/QUOTE]

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