Applying WB to jpg/tiff in darktable and RawTherapee

[afre (Alan)]

I thought about this at one point too. I hope I am not a target of some righteous indignation as a result of the following statements, as I am probably not concise enough or plain wrong.

My thought on this matter is to offer the option to have an intermediary input profile after white balance. As can be seen in this wiki post

Article: Color Management in Raw Processing

Color Management in Raw Processing Introduction There are two fundamental aspects of making a presentable image from raw camera data that require our attention: tone and color. From the time we step up to the scene with our camera to the presentation of a finished image, consideration of these two characteristics is fundamental and persistent through the workflow. The management of tone is probably more universally comprehended; it starts with the scene’s dynamic range and the camera’s expos…

there are at least 2 points where a profile is necessary in raw processing. There can always be more as a colour profile is just a shortcut to series of matrix transforms meant to adapt colours into another working environment, correct colour balance and distribution, or compress them into a colour gamut.