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- All pages checked against the v0.7.1 tag and its release assets; verified: bumped to 0.7.1. - Install: 32-bit Windows (x86) installer and portable build; pre-0.6 upgrades keep their install folder. - Import: Recently Deleted photos are restored by default; progress shows in the activity stack. - Edit: HDR button next to B&W. - Export: JPEG XL Effort and Progressive, lossy JPEG XL colour space note, Add to Apple Photos on macOS. - Lightroom import: activity stack progress and stopping with its X. - Raw troubleshooting: Adobe RGB fix now released, monochrome picture style tone, EOS R5 Mark II C-RAW decodes, Leica DNG and dark scenes still open; drop "import again" (duplicates are skipped). - docs/user/CLAUDE.md is a regular file instead of a symlink. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: A raw photo opens as "Preview only"
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description: Why LightCraft shows a raw photo as Preview only, and how to make it decode after an update with Reload from Disk.
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order: 10
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verified: 0.7.1
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---
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Select the photo and choose **Photo** > **Reload from Disk**. If your version can decode that raw now, LightCraft reads the sensor data again and the **Preview only** notice goes away.
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## Symptoms
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- The **Edit** panel shows **Preview only**, with the text "LightCraft can't decode this raw variant yet" and the name of the variant.
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- You updated LightCraft to a version that supports your camera, and the photo still looks the same.
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## Fix
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1. In the grid, select the photos that show **Preview only**.
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2. Choose **Photo** > **Reload from Disk**. The right-click menu on a photo has the same entry.
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3. Open a photo again. If **Preview only** is gone, the photo is now decoded from the raw data.
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If **Preview only** stays, your version still cannot decode that raw variant. Update to the [latest release](https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft/releases/latest) and try again, or report the file as described in [Get help with a problem](get-help.md).
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## Why this happens
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When LightCraft cannot decode a raw on import, it remembers that and shows the camera's embedded JPEG. It does not check again after an update on its own. **Reload from Disk** is the way to make it check. Compressed Olympus raws, some Canon CR3 variants and Nikon High Efficiency NEF files are examples of files that use the embedded preview.
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0.7.1 decodes Canon EOS R5 Mark II C-RAW files that earlier versions opened as **Preview only**. Photos imported before switch over after **Reload from Disk**.
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Photos shown from the preview keep the camera's picture style and white balance, because they are the camera's own JPEG.
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## Still stuck?
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Ask in [Discord](https://discord.gg/artcraft) or open an issue in the [issue tracker](https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft/issues).
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