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Create custom white balance

With RAW editing, you can make colour adjustments on the fly, so does that spell the end for specialist hardware accessories?

Pictured Full colour customisation Delicate colours can often be muddled at the processing stage and end up looking unnatural. Creating custom scene-based white balance settings helps with accuracy
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