There are WB presets for the D3200 in darktable. There's nothing to do
to get them.

Are you sure you're looking at the right place?

https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch03s04.html.php
-> 3.4.1.10. White balance

Michael <[email protected]> writes:

> so there is no whitebalance presets already created for the nikon
> d3200. Sure... I'll do it. What lighting should I shoot the images in?
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Roman Lebedev <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>     Please keep maillists as cc.
>     
>     You just take those raw images, if you want including finetuning
>     on A/B axis,
>     name them appropriately, upload to dropbox or something, and open
>     new
>     issue in redmine.
>     
>     
>     
>     On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>     > glad to see that someone much smarter than me already thought of
>     that. I
>     > don't have a newer camera (nikon d3200) so I'm so sure that it
>     has already
>     > updated. How do I install the white balance presets?
>     >
>     > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Roman Lebedev
>     <[email protected]>
>     > wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     
> http://www.darktable.org/2012/10/whats-involved-with-adding-support-for-new-cameras/
>    
>     >>
>     >> White balance presets
>     >> darktable gets a library of white balance presets from the
>     UFRaw
>     >> project. This means you can select camera white balance presets
>     in
>     >> darktable's user interface. Having white balance presets for
>     your
>     >> camera is a convenience, it's not critical. But if they are
>     missing,
>     >> you can contribute them:
>     >>
>     >> Upgrade the camera firmware (use a full, known reliable
>     battery), be
>     >> aware that it can brick your camera if done improperly. (having
>     the
>     >> latest firmware is preferable, but not critical, if you are
>     >> uncomfortable with the risks involved in upgrading your camera
>     you
>     >> should not attempt it)
>     >>
>     >> Shoot a single RAW file for each of the camera's white balance
>     presets
>     >> (make sure you don't have any white balance finetuning enabled)
>     (image
>     >> content doesn't matter) (these are usually 5-10 shots).
>     >>
>     >> Some cameras optionally offer the ability to tune their white
>     balance
>     >> presets. You can include these as well (but the numbers of
>     shots
>     >> increase rapidly, as there are typically 5-10 base presets,
>     offering
>     >> as much as 19 steps of finetuning per preset). For the time
>     being you
>     >> need to shoot either all or none of the finetuning steps as
>     darktable
>     >> hasn't implemented finetuning interpolation yet. If you do, use
>     only
>     >> the blue-amber axis, leave the green-purple axis centered (0).
>     >>
>     >> When contributing your white balance presets please do include
>     your
>     >> camera's firmware version (for future reference).
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Michael <[email protected]>
>     wrote:
>     >> > I think it would be a good idea to have white balance presets
>     for
>     >> > incandescent, fluorescent, direct sunlight, flash, cloudy,
>     and shade and
>     >> > whatever other setting there is that you can think of (those
>     are the
>     >> > presets
>     >> > on my camera. The white balance on a bunch of my photos is
>     off. It is a
>     >> > pretty shade of green but the photos are beige.
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> > _
>     
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>     >
>     > --
>     > :-)~MIKE~(-:

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