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Why is the default tint not zero in the raw editor?

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September 3, 2025
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I just noticed as of late when I open up a raw file in editor the tint is not 0 but various levels? My camera, nikon d500 does not have a setting to mess with the default tint in camera. So why when I open raw editor, the tint does not start as zero?

Conrad_C

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Tint is part of white balance, together with Temp (color temperature).

Even if a camera does not have a Tint control, a camera like the D500 will definitely have a White Balance control and that includes Tint.

Is the camera white balance set to Auto?

If so, then both Temp and Tint will vary depending on the scene’s lighting conditions, so they will vary when different images are viewed in a raw processor.

If you want Temp and Tint to always be the same value when a raw file is opened in a raw processor, set a specific White Balance in camera, such as Daylight.

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G_C7209Author

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Thanks! Ahh, that makes sense, I usually have white balance on on auto. I just checked a couple of raw files from different locations and lighting and when opening them up with the raw editor they looked different. The main reason I don't usually bother with setting white balance is because when I am shooting bird photography my lighting situations is constantly changing and I don't have the spare second to to change it as the bird moves from one extreme ligthing situation to the next a lot of the time. I color balance in post if I need to. I have most edited raw with nx studio, so I never had this situation, so I just started editing with photoshop raw editor. Thanks for helping understand how this software works better.

Conrad_C

Community Expert

Well, there’s nothing wrong with the way you’re doing it. I leave my camera White Balance on Auto too, for the same reason: As lighting conditions change, Auto is a decent “rough draft” white balance for the embedded preview, and I’m not concerned about whether it’s perfect because later I’m going to tune the Temp and Tint in the raw processing software anyway.

Getting the white balance correct in camera is a higher priority if the camera is set to save images as JPEG, where white balance edits later are much less flexible.

kglad

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G_C7209Author

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Ahh, yeah it is more first time using the adobe forums. What posting section did it get moved to? I am trying to familarize myself with this more. Thanks!

Erik Bloodaxe

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To begin with, check your default settings. Defaults are set by first creating a preset with your desired settings then applying that preset as your default. Here is Adobe's help article on this topic:

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/acr-raw-defaults.html

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G_C7209Author

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Thanks for the reply. Hmm the strange thing is up until a few weeks ago this problem. I was trying to figure what has changed. Are you sayin I would need to setup a preset configuration just to solve this problem? The weird thing when I see a tint of plus 30 it saw "as shot." When I move the tint to zero it looks way off.

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