lightcraft/docs/whats-new.md

What's new in LightCraft

October 2026

Presets and profiles

• Import presets from other editors: XMP presets, classic .lrtemplate files, "DNG presets" from mobile apps and .zip bundles of any of these — whole folders at once, grouped by pack. Masks inside presets come along.
• Luminar looks: .lmp files and .mplumpack collections import as presets (grouped by collection); the sliders with a counterpart here come along, the rest is listed.
• 23 new built-in presets: Portrait, Landscape, Urban, Food, Seasons, Vintage and B&W toners.

Library

• Smart albums with a rule editor: match all / any / none, nested groups, 26 fields.
• Quick Collection and target album (B in the grid), keyword sets (⌥1–⌥9), colour-label sets.
• Colour-label filter with several labels at once; expandable folder tree in Local.
• Import: copy to any folder, by day / by month / one folder, rename on import, metadata preset, Copy as DNG.
• Import ▸ Move: photos go into the destination (with the same folders and renaming as Copy, e.g. Photos/2026/20260114/20260114_001.jpg) together with their XMP sidecars; each original leaves the card only after its copy is verified and in the library. Duplicates and files that fail stay where they were.
• Watched-folder auto import; Convert to DNG; Duplicate; Build Standard / 1:1 / Smart Previews.
• Export file names use the Rename Photos tokens ({title}, {seq:2}, {date:%Y-%m-%d}…), plus new {num}, {folder}, {lens}, {iso}, {rating}, {creator}.
• Copyright status, rights usage terms and copyright info URL in Info, metadata presets and exports.
• Auto-Tag from Tracklog: GPS locations for your photos from a GPX track log, matched by capture time.

Editing

• Auto Sync: edits apply to every selected photo. Auto B&W mix. Automatic versions.
• Colour-range masks: click the photo to sample. Luminance ranges: range bar, smoothness, luminance map.
• ⌘-drag to straighten, ⇧G Guided Upright, a grid while transforming.

Viewing and sharing

• Slideshow, second window, All Metadata, System Info.
• Edit in External Editor (⇧⌘E): a 16-bit TIFF copy, stacked, refreshed when you come back.
• Lossy DNG files and Smart Previews open as raw photos.