Fabio LussiandClaude Opus 5.5
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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, description, order, verified
| title | description | order | verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| A raw photo opens as "Preview only" | Why LightCraft shows a raw photo as Preview only, and how to make it decode after an update with Reload from Disk. | 10 | 0.7.1 |
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.
Symptoms
- The Edit panel shows Preview only, with the text "LightCraft can't decode this raw variant yet" and the name of the variant.
- You updated LightCraft to a version that supports your camera, and the photo still looks the same.
Fix
- In the grid, select the photos that show Preview only.
- Choose Photo > Reload from Disk. The right-click menu on a photo has the same entry.
- Open a photo again. If Preview only is gone, the photo is now decoded from the raw data.
If Preview only stays, your version still cannot decode that raw variant. Update to the latest release and try again, or report the file as described in Get help with a problem.
Why this happens
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.
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.
Photos shown from the preview keep the camera's picture style and white balance, because they are the camera's own JPEG.
Still stuck?
Ask in Discord or open an issue in the issue tracker.